Fibromyalgia antirheumatic drug trials: Effects of a standardized instructional videotape on the reliability of observer-dependent outcome measures

Inflammopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-272

  Bellamy, N ^a   Buchbinder, R ^a   Hall, S ^a   Lowthian, P ^a   Patrick, M R ^a   Ryan, P F J ^a   Stockman, A ^a   Grant, G ^a   Green, S ^a   Campbell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Fibromyalgia; Outcome measurement

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0030772261     PISSN: 09254692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-997-0004-y     Document Type: Article

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