Underpowered clinical trials: Time for a change

Pain

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-266

  van Kleef, Maarten ^a   Kessels, Alfons G H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISCOGENIC PAIN; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS INTRADISCAL RADIOFREQUENCY THERMOCOAGULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SPINE DISEASE; STIMULATION; THERMOCOAGULATION;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69649095665     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.033     Document Type: Editorial

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