Estimates of quality and reliability with the physiotherapy evidence-based database scale to assess the methodology of randomized controlled trials of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 817-824

  Foley, Norine C ^a,b   Bhogal, Sanjit K ^c   Teasell, Robert W ^d   Bureau, Yves ^e   Speechley, Mark R ^f  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b McGill University ^*  (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Quality assessment; Reliability; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY EVIDENCE BASED DATABASE SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744824362     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/86.6.817     Document Type: Review

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