The quality of reporting of orthopaedic randomized trials with use of a checklist for nonpharmacological therapies

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1970-1978

  Chan, Simon ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35448970592     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01591     Document Type: Article

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