Influence of various recruitment strategies on the study population and outcome of a randomized controlled trial involving patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-382

  Veenhof, Cindy ^a   Dekker, Joost ^b   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^c   Van Den Ende, Cornelia H M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Osteoarthritis; Patient characteristics; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT T TEST;

EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444409730     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21171     Document Type: Article

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