Recruitment issues in a randomized controlled exercise trial targeting wheelchair users

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-195

  Nary, Dorothy E ^a   Froehlich Grobe, Katherine ^a   Aaronson, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

(MeSH terms) research subject recruitment; Exercise; Physically disabled; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGE FACTORS; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 79551535222     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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