Clinical trials in rehabilitation: What are the obstacles?

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Whyte, John ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Randomized Clinical Trials; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation Research

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING;

CLINICAL TRIALS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ACCURACY; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REHABILITATION; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0141745562     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000086992.95121.c2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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