The international society for the study of the lumbar spine: Research trends over time and publication rates

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 3070-3075

  Wai, Eugene K ^a,b,d   Vexler, Liisa ^a   Fraser, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blinding; Experimental design; Publication rates; Randomized controlled trial; Trends over time

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33845796547     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000249552.62587.73     Document Type: Review

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