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Methodologies for network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in pain, anaesthesia, and perioperative medicine: a narrative review (2025)
Journal Article
Doleman, B., Jakobsen, J. C., Mathiesen, O., Cooper, N., Sutton, A., & Hardman, J. (2025). Methodologies for network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in pain, anaesthesia, and perioperative medicine: a narrative review. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 134(4), 1029-1040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2024.12.039

Network meta-analysis has emerged as a method for analysing clinical trials, with a large increase in the number of publications over the past decade. Network meta-analysis offers advantages over traditional pairwise meta-analysis, including increase... Read More about Methodologies for network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in pain, anaesthesia, and perioperative medicine: a narrative review.

Indicators of response to exercise training: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Ardavani, A., Aziz, H., Phillips, B. E., Doleman, B., Ramzan, I., Mozaffar, B., Atherton, P. J., & Idris, I. (2021). Indicators of response to exercise training: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11(7), Article e044676. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044676

Background Means-based analysis of maximal rate of oxygen consumption (VO 2max) has traditionally been used as the exercise response indicator to assess the efficacy of endurance (END), high intensity interval (HIIT) and resistance exercise training... Read More about Indicators of response to exercise training: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Why most published meta-analysis findings are false (2019)
Journal Article
Doleman, B., Williams, J. P., & Lund, J. (2019). Why most published meta-analysis findings are false. Techniques in Coloproctology, 23(9), 925-928. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-019-02020-y

Almost a decade after the controversial paper ‘why most published research findings are false’ was written [1], we re-visit this concern with regard to published meta-analyses. Although reading the title of this article may make some pause for though... Read More about Why most published meta-analysis findings are false.