Can cochrane reviews in controversial areas be biased? A sensitivity analysis based on the protocol of a systematic cochrane review on low-level laser therapy in osteoarthritis

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 453-458

  Bjordal, Jan Magnus ^a   Bogen, Bård ^c   Lopes Martins, Rodrigo Alvaro Brandao ^b   Klovning, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Physical Therapy Unit   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PHARMACOKINETICS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COCHRANE DATABASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLT); OSTEOARTHRITIS;

ORTHOPEDICS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27744529218     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2005.23.453     Document Type: Review

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