TR-01 · report qualification needed
Classification and audit outcome: report qualification needed; supported report qualification.
Finding
The report says the sample contained eight per arm. Eight per arm is the randomized allocation, while CONSORT records a post-randomization reassignment and analysis counts 7/8/9.
Current amendment or qualification
Replace “the sample contained eight participants per arm” with “eight participants were randomized per arm; after one BPT participant was reassigned to control following a lesion, the analyzed groups contained seven, eight and nine participants.” Add this analytical limitation to the appraisal.
Integration note: Distinguish randomization from analyzed allocation; do not silently resolve separate sex-count inconsistencies.
Remaining limitation: Distinguish randomization from analyzed allocation; do not silently resolve separate sex-count inconsistencies.
Evidence and provenance
PARKEX original CONSORT Figure 1, Methods and Table 2. Demographic sex counts 6/8/7 still do not reconcile and should remain a separate unresolved source-denominator issue.
Affected reports
Original audit locator(s): P0246; contextual addition P0062
Audit corrections describe the report only where that classification is explicit. A disagreement within a study, missing protocol, statistical query, access upgrade or optional addition is not silently converted into a report error or a new clinical threshold.
Audit register · Unresolved evidence queue
Linked knowledge pages
- COND-PD Parkinson’s disease
- TEST-POWER Muscle power and task power
Located in this vault
Mapping status: exact. An exact location match is not an additional empirical verification.