Customization of pain treatments: Single-case design and analysis

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-68

  Onghena, Patrick ^a   Edgington, Eugene S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Randomization; Single case design; Statistical test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SINGLE CASE DESIGN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 10944249444     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200501000-00007     Document Type: Article

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