"Sorting out lemons and oranges:" Towards better quality of reporting clinical trials in Journal of Physical Therapy - the CONSORT 2010 statement

Journal of Physical Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Kumar, Senthil P ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical trial reporting; CONSORT 2010 statement; Guidelines for reporting; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 79951862255     PISSN: 20790015     EISSN: 20799209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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