Outcomes assessment in fracture healing trials: A primer

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Kooistra, Bauke W ^a   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Fracture healing; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649109539     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181ca3fbd     Document Type: Review

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