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Introduction The creation of research groups and consortiums has become more common in all medical and surgical specialities. The purpose of this investigation was to assess and describe collaborative research groups and consortiums within orthopaedic surgery. In addition, we aimed to define the demographics of the research consortium members with particular attention to female and minority members. Methods Journals with a musculoskeletal/orthopaedic focus and a few medical journals were selected to identify articles published by research groups and consortiums. Articles published from 2020 to 2022 were manually reviewed. Bibliographic information, author information and level of evidence (LOE) were recorded. For identified consortium members, sex and race were defined in a binary manner. Results A total of 92 research consortiums were identified. A list of members was identified for 77 groups (83.7%), totalling 2,260 researchers. The remaining group members were not able to be identified due to the lack of information in the included publications, research group websites or after communicating with the corresponding author for respective articles. Most researchers were male (n=1,748, 77.3%) and white (n=1,694, 75%). Orthopaedic surgeons comprised 1,613 (71.4%) identified researchers. The most common fellowship training for orthopaedic surgeons was paediatrics (n=370, 16.4%), trauma (n=266, 11.8%) and sports medicine (n=229, 10.1%). The consortiums published 261 articles: women were lead (first) authors in 23% and senior (last) authors in 11.1%. Non-white researchers were lead authors in 24.5% (n=64) and senior authors in 17.2% (n=45). The most common level of evidence was level 3, accounting for 45.6% (n=119) of all publications. Level 1 evidence accounted for 12.6% (n=33) of published articles. Discussion Representation of women in orthopaedic research consortiums exceeds their representation in almost every orthopaedic professional society. There is less publicly available data to compare the involvement of under-represented minorities (URMs) in research consortiums to general practice. Further investigations should analyse possible avenues in which gender and racial disparity could be improved within orthopaedic surgery research.
摘要：
引言在所有医学和外科专业中，研究小组和财团的创建变得越来越普遍。这项调查的目的是评估和描述骨科手术中的合作研究小组和联盟。此外,我们旨在定义研究联盟成员的人口统计数据，特别关注女性和少数群体成员。方法选择以肌肉骨骼/骨科为重点的期刊和一些医学期刊，以确定研究小组和财团发表的文章。2020年至2022年发表的文章进行了手动审查。书目信息，记录作者信息和证据水平(LOE)。对于已确定的财团成员，性别和种族以二元方式定义。结果共确定了92个科研联合体。确定了77组（83.7％）的成员名单，共有2260名研究人员。由于所包括的出版物中缺乏信息，无法确定其余的小组成员，研究小组网站或与相应作者沟通后的相应文章。大多数研究人员是男性（n=1,748，77.3％）和白人（n=1,694，75％）。整形外科医生包括1,613（71.4％）确定的研究人员。骨科医生最常见的研究金培训是儿科(n=370,16.4%),创伤(n=266，11.8%)和运动医学(n=229，10.1%)。该联盟发表了261篇文章：23％的女性是主要（第一）作者，11.1％的女性是高级（最后）作者。非白人研究人员是24.5%的主要作者(n=64)和17.2%的资深作者(n=45)。最常见的证据水平是3级，占所有出版物的45.6％（n=119）。一级证据占已发表文章的12.6%(n=33)。讨论妇女在骨科研究协会中的代表性超过了她们在几乎每个骨科专业协会中的代表性。比较代表性不足的少数群体（URM）在研究联盟中的参与与一般实践的公开数据较少。进一步的调查应分析在骨科手术研究中可以改善性别和种族差异的可能途径。
