RETRACTION: Whole-body vibration versus supervised aerobic exercise on hormonal parameters and inflammatory status in women with premenstrual syndrome: A randomized controlled trial

Retraction: M. M. A. Shehata, A. M. Maged, A. Kotb, A. I. Ogila, Y. Lasheen, N. Salah, R. A. Mohsen, M. Fouad, and AS. S. Abd-Elazeim, "Whole-body Vibration Versus Supervised Aerobic Exercise on Hormonal Parameters and Inflammatory Status in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial," International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 162, no. 2 (2023): 493-501. . The above article, published online on 23 February 2023, in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor-in-Chief, Professor Michael Geary; the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; and John Wiley and Sons Ltd. A third party raised concerns regarding highly unlikely averages of patient data in the published article, which indicated potential data fabrication. The journal began an investigation and requested an independent review of the available dataset, which found consistent patterns in patient data that are statistically implausible. The authors confirmed that there were errors in the listed BMI of participants, but they denied that the data has been fabricated. The retraction has been agreed to because the editors have concluded that, as the data show highly improbable patterns of similar patients, neither the data nor the results presented in the article can be considered reliable. The authors disagree with the retraction.