The quality of reporting and outcome measures in randomized clinical trials related to upper-extremity disorders

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 727-734

  Gummesson, Christina ^a   Atroshi, Isam ^b   Ekdahl, Charlotte ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Jadad scale; outcome measures; randomized; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM MALFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 3142684492     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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