Intention-to-treat analysis and accounting for missing data in orthopaedic randomized clinical trials

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2137-2143

  Herman, Amir ^a   Botser, Itamar Busheri ^a   Tenenbaum, Shay ^a   Chechick, Ahron ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 70349231475     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01481     Document Type: Article

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