Level of evidence in four selected rehabilitation journals

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-303

  Kocak, Fatma U ^a   Unver, Bayram ^b   Karatosun, Vasfi ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Dokuz Eyll   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Journals; Meta analyses; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION; ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL REHABILITATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION;

EID: 79251605777     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.07.233     Document Type: Article

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