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© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Nordic Orthopedic Federation. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) DOI 10.1080/17453674.2018.1441965 • 95% CI for RR = 0.27–0.77 (the risk ratio may vary within these limits if different patients are drawn from the population); • NNT = 3.0 (at least 3 patients need to be included in a specifi c exercise group in order to avoid 1 decision for surgery); • 95% CI for NNT is 1.9–6.9 (the NNT will probably fall into these limits if different patients are drawn from the population). In this way, the report may come to be more robust and precise, emphasizing substantially the conclusion made by the authors. We encourage researchers to report statistics that describe a population (“inferential statistics”) whenever possible.