Feasibility and pilot studies play an important role in the preliminary planning of a proposed full-size randomized clinical trial (RCT). In essence, feasibility studies are used to help develop trial interventions or outcome measures, whereas pilot studies replicate, in miniature, a planned full-size RCT. However, the terms used for these preliminary studies are sometimes considered synonymous, and in practice may overlap considerably or be combined. The important issue is not the distinction between these: the important distinction is between such preliminary studies and a proper RCT. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2014;44(8):555-558. doi:10.2519/jospt.2014.0110.
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 January 2023.
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