Osteoarthritis clinical trials: Candidate variables and clinimetric properties

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 768-778

  Bellamy, Nicholas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Dept Med Epidemiol Biostatist ^*  (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Osteoarthritis; Outcome

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORECASTING; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030949449     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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