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Please submit your manuscript electronically through the Editorial Manager Web site: http://www.editorialmanager.com/rbo Revista Brazileira de Ortopedia (RBO)/Brazilian Journal of Orthopaedics is the Official Scientific Publication of the Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Sociedade Brazileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, SBOT) and it aims to disseminate papers that contribute towards improving and developing the practice, research, and teaching of orthopaedics and related specialties. It is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December, and has been published regularly since its first edition in 1965. The journal is dedicated to orthopaedists who are linked to the SBOT, healthcare professionals who are dedicated to similar activities, and orthopaedists in other countries. |
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The Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (RBO) is the Official Scientific Publication of the Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, SBOT) and it aims to disseminate papers that contribute towards improving and developing the practice, research and teaching of orthopedics and related specialties. It is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October and December, and has been published regularly since its first edition in 1965. The journal is dedicated to orthopedists who are linked to the SBOT, healthcare professionals who are dedicated to similar activities and orthopedists in other countries. Peer Reviewing Process The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process where neither author nor reviewer does not get to know the identity of each other. At least two random reviewers based on their technical and clinical expertise are assigned by the Chief Editor on each manuscript. The decision is taken based on the comparative reviews that the manuscript receives during the review process. MANUSCRIPT FORMAT Article Types The following graph shows what types of articles are accepted for publication, and what requirement they may have.
Original Article: It describes prospective or retrospective experimental research or clinical investigations, which may be randomized or double blind. It should have a Title, Structured Abstract (Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion), keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions and references. Can have maximum of 6 authors. Maximum of 2,500 words, 30 references, 10 figures and 6 tables. Update Articles: These are reviews of the state of the art on a given topic, written by specialists on invitation from the Editor-in-Chief. They should have Title, Unstructured abstract keywords, and references. Maximum of 4,000 words, 60 references, 3 figures and 2 tables. Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis: These have the purpose of examining the published bibliography on a given subject, in order to make a critical and systematized assessment on a certain specific topic and present the important conclusions based on this literature. They should have Title, an Unstructured abstract, keywords, and references. Maximum of 4,000 words, 60 references, 3 figures and 2 tables. Systematic Review Protocol: The protocol can be published in article format. Must contain the strategies methodologies for carrying out the systematic review and must contain at least the following information: a search strategy to identify articles of interest, eligibility criteria, data extracted, the variables of interest, data analysis, and forms to explore heterogeneities. The essential items inherent in performing a systematic review may be seen at the link: https://tinyurl.com/. RBO suggests that all researchers register the protocol of their systematic reviews in Prospero or PRISMA. The protocol will be evaluated by the journal's editorial board and submitted to the peer-review process. Case Report: It should be informative and should not contain irrelevant details. Only clinical case reports of interest, either for its rarity as a nosological entity, or for the unusual form of presentation. It should have a title, unstructured abstract, keywords and references. Maximum of 1,000 words, 10 references, 5 figures. Technical Note: Intended for the disclosure of diagnostic method or experimental surgical technique, new surgical instruments, orthopedic implants, etc. Must have: Title; unstructured abstract; Keywords; Explanatory Introduction, Method, Material or Technique Description, Final Comments and References. Maximum of 1.500 words, 8 references, 5 figures and 2 tables. Letters to the Editor: These have the aim of commenting on or discussing studies published in the journal or reporting on original research that is in progress. They will be published at the editors' discretion, with the respective reply, when appropriate. Editorial: These are written on invitation from the Editor-in-Chief, presenting comments on important studies in this journal, describing important published research or presenting communications from the editors that are of interest to the specialty. General Guidelines
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Abstract and Keywords See the section Article Types for word limits. The abstract should briefly outline the content of the article and any conclusions it may reach. The keywords should be words a reader would be likely to use in searching for the content of the article. A structured abstract, by means of appropriate headings, should provide the context or background for the research and should state its purpose, basic procedures (selection of study subjects or laboratory animals, observational and analytical methods), main findings (giving specific effect sizes and their statistical significance, if possible), and principal conclusions. It should emphasize new and important aspects of the study or observations. The abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words and structured in the following format: Purpose: One or two sentences that simply state purpose with no background information. Methods: Provide details about the methods of the study, including data analysis. Results: Present most important findings of the study. Please provide numbers (means with standard deviations or medians with ranges) to support your findings, and results of significance tests, e.g. p-values. Conclusions: One or two sentences that state only what your study identified and demonstrated. Please do not include comments or information not supported by the data of your study. Level of Evidence (for human studies) or Clinical relevance (basic science in-vitro or in-vivo study: why is this study important from a clinical standpoint?). Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords in alphabetical order and separated by semicolon, to represent the content of the article. The descriptors or keywords should be based on the Health Science Descriptors (Descritores em Cincias da Sade, DECS), which are available at the electronic address https://decs.bvsalud.org/; or on the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), from www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html. Main Document
Acknowledgments Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proofreading the article, etc.). Formatting of Funding Sources List funding sources in this standard way to facilitate compliance to funder’s requirements: Funding: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA [grant number zzzz]; and the United States Institutes of Peace [grant number aaaa]. It is not necessary to include detailed descriptions on the program or type of grants and awards. When funding is from a block grant or other resources available to a university, college, or other research institution, submit the name of the institute or organization that provided the funding. If no funding has been provided for the research, please include the following sentence: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Preprint Server Statement RBO encourages the submission of manuscripts that have been deposited in an initial draft version in preprint repositories such as Research Square, arXiv, and medRxiv. Drafts of short conference abstracts or degree theses posted on the website of the degree-granting institution, and draft manuscripts deposited on authors’ or institutional websites are also welcome. All other prior publication is forbidden. During submission, authors should: (1) note use of the preprint repository in the cover letter; (2) state what adjustments and/or updates the draft has undergone between deposition and submission; (3) cite the preprint, including the DOI, as a reference in the manuscript. After submission to the journal, and until a final decision has been made, authors are discouraged from depositing versions of their manuscript as preprints. Upon publication authors should add a link from the preprint to the published article. Twelve months after publication, authors can update the preprint with the accepted manuscript. Conflict of Interest Statement All authors (including corresponding and co-authors associated with the manuscript) must make a formal statement at the time of submission indicating any potential conflict of interest that might constitute an embarrassment to any of the authors if it were not to be declared and were to emerge after publication. Click conflicts-ofinterest to download a conflict of interest form. Disclosure information is important in article processing. If the forms provided are incomplete or missing, this may cause delays in the publication of the article. Should the article be accepted for publication, this information will be published with the paper. Informed Consent The journal adheres to the principles set forth in the Helsinki Declaration and holds that all reported research conducted with human participants should be conducted in accordance with such principles. Reports describing data obtained from research conducted in human participants must contain a statement in the Methods section indicating approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The authors should also indicate whether individual consent for the study was obtained, or whether it was waived. References References should be the most recent and pertinent literature available. It is essential that they are complete and thoroughly checked. If the reference information is incomplete, good online sites to search for full details are the National Library of Medicine; Books in Print; PubMed; or individual publisher Web sites.
1. Citing a journal article: Borges JLP, Milani C, Kuwajima SS, Laredo Filho J. Tratamento da luxação congênita de quadril com suspensório de Pavlik e monitorização ultrassonográfica. Rev Bras Ortop 2002;37(1/2):5-12 2. Citing a chapter in a book: Johnson KA. Posterior tibial tendon. In: Baxter D. The foot and ankle in sport. St Louis: Mosby; 1995. p. 43-51 3. Citing a book: Baxter D. The foot and ankle in sport. St Louis: Mosby; 1995 4. Citing a thesis: Laredo Filho J. Contribuição ao estudo clínico-estatístico e genealógico-estatístico do pé torto congênito equinovaro [thesis]. São Paulo: Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina; 1968 5. Citing a government publication: Food and Drug Administration. Jin Bu Huan Herbal Tablets. Rockville, MD: National Press Office; April 15, 1994. Talk Paper T94-22 6. Citing an online article: Lino Junior W, Belangero WD. Efeito do Hólmio YAG laser (Ho: YAG) sobre o tendão patelar de ratos após 12 e 24 semanas de seguimento. Acta Ortop Bras [periodical on the Internet] 2005 [cited 2005, Aug 27];13(2):[about 5 p.]. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo 7. Citing a symposium article: Eisenberg J. Market forces and physician workforce reform: why they may not work. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges; October 28, 1995; Washington, DC Figure Captions
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