INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMITTEE  or Institutional Review Borad or IRB Introduction The Independent Ethics Committee also referred to as Institutional Review Board (IRB) in many countries, serves as an independent representative and competent body to review, evaluate and decide on the scientific and ethical merits of research proposals. The primary purpose of this committee is to protect the rights, safety and well being of human subjects who...

Plagiarism Introduction Plagiarism, a term that conveys a strong sense of disapproval, is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as ‘‘take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one’s own.” Plagiarism originated from the Latin word plagiarius meaning the theft of words as well as slaves. As evident, ‘‘the very etymology of the word plagiarism demonstrates the antiquity of the concept”. With the...

Impact Factor - A review Introduction Since 1665, when Henry Oldenberg published the world’s first scientific journal, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, there has been inexorable growth in the number of scientific journals and number of articles published. With the availability of such large quantities of information, it became necessary to find ways through the literature to the most relevant and important documents...

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Orthopaedic Research Club is a new Initiative of IORG that shows the commitment of Indian Orthopaedic Research Group in Improving the Research Education in India. This initiative is aimed at residents and trainees and help them learn about principles of research early in their career.  We have started with the the Mumbai branch of the Club and soon other branches will be started.    The Third  Meet of  ORC will be held  at KEM...

  Grading of Open fractures has seen periodical changes over time.  Variable outcomes among different patterns of open fractures with differing severities prompted the development of grading systems that classify them based on increasing severity of the associated soft tissue injuries.  Early attempts by Veliskakis [1] at grading open fractures were refined by Gustilo and Anderson in 1976 [2]. After reviewing their...

Meet the Master - Dr Sajan Hegde Saturday 25TH May , 2013 Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Pune Indian Orthopaedic Research Group is only circulating the information and is not involved in running of the course.All correspondence should be addressed to the Organisers as below. We wish all the best to the organisers.  Recommend a Conference Send information about a conference to us and we will feature it on our...

We are glad to announce launch of  Second Mobile Application from Indian Orthopaedic Research Group ‘Goniometer Records’ is an Unique app  as it not only measures the range of motion at joints but also helps you keep a record of all the readings so you can compare patient’s readings at various visits. Currently available for both android and iPhone. Click Here to Download Android Version Click Here to Download iPhone Version   The...

Dear Friends The Indian Orthopaedic Research Group is now an Officially affiliated with the Combined Orthopaedic Research Society Meet 2013 Committee and is listed as a Co-organiser of the Meet. We are glad to announce that IORG will be representing India at CORS Meeting and will be holding a symposium at the meet.   On behalf of the organising team we invite all Indian Orthopaedic Surgeons for the CORS Meet at Venice Early Registration...

Orthopaedic Research Club is a new Initiative of IORG that shows the commitment of Indian Orthopaedic Research Group in Improving the Research Education in India. This initiative is basically aimed at residents and trainees and help them learn about principles of research early in their career.  We have started with the the Mumbai branch of the Club and soon other branches will be started.  The First Meet of the Mumbai ORC was held Last...