Evidence-based management of osteoarthritis: Practical issues relating to the data

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 517-525

  Doherty, Michael ^a   Dougados, Maxime ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Effect size; Generalizability of data; Management guidelines; Nature of OA; NNT; Study design issues

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

BONE PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COST; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034749258     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.2001.0170     Document Type: Article

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