The PEDro scale is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials: a demographic study

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-133

  de Morton, Natalie A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Data interpretation; PEDro scale; Quality assessment; Rasch analysis; Research design; Statistical; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749148328     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(09)70043-1     Document Type: Article

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