Assessment of the methodologic quality of medical and surgical clinical trials in patients with arthroplasty

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2642-2654

  Singh, Jasvinder A ^a,b   Murphy, Stephen ^c   Bhandari, Mohit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Assessment; Clinical trials; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY; HUMANS; MEDLINE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449210653     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090333     Document Type: Review

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