Randomized controlled trials in interventional spine: Perils and pitfalls

Pain Physician

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Lenrow, David A ^a   Chou, Larry H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CONSORT statement; Evidence based medicine; Medical ethics; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SPINAL PAIN; TIME;

EID: 0037226405     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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