Towards a national pediatric musculoskeletal trauma outcomes registry: The Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Research Group (POTORG) experience

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-156

  Vitale, Michael G ^a,b,g   Vitale, Mark A ^a   Lehmann, Charles L ^a   Hyman, Joshua E ^b   Roye Jr , David P ^b   Skaggs, David L ^c   Schmitz, Michael L ^d   Sponseller, Paul D ^e   Flynn, John M ^f  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Children's Orthopaedics of Atlanta   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Musculoskeletal trauma; Pediatric outcomes; Pediatric trauma; Quality of life; Web based

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIVACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PRIVACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645949727     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000218520.98244.37     Document Type: Article

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