Empirical evidence of an association between internal validity and effect size in randomized controlled trials of low-back pain

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Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1685-1692

  Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,b,f   Suttorp, Marika ^c   Morton, Sally ^d   Bouter, Lex M ^b   Shekelle, Paul ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Cochrane collaboration; Effect size; Low back pain; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949157022     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ab6a78     Document Type: Article

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