Measuring the effect of novel therapies for back pain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 784-787

  Haughton, Victor M ^b   Fine, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXYGEN; OZONE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SELECTION BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038178403     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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