Outcome assessment in randomized controlled trials of stroke rehabilitation

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1007-1012

  Salter, Katherine L ^a   Teasell, Robert W ^a,b,c   Foley, Norine C ^a   Jutai, Jeffrey W ^a,b,c  

^a St Joseph's Healthcare London ^*  (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence Based Medicine; Measurement; Outcome Assessment; Randomized Controlled Trials; Reliability; Stroke Rehabilitation; Validity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STROKE; VALIDITY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 37349007631     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181587b3d     Document Type: Review

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