Clinical prediction rules: What are they and what do they tell us?

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-163

  Beattie, Paul ^a   Nelson, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Patient screening; Physical therapy; Predictors; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33748489353     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(06)70024-1     Document Type: Article

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