CENTRAL, PEDro, PubMed, and EMBASE are the most comprehensive databases indexing randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-197

  Michaleff, Zoe A ^a   Costa, Leonardo O P ^b   Moseley, Anne M ^a   Maher, Christopher G ^c   Elkins, Mark R ^d   Herbert, Robert D ^c   Sherrington, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952833711     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100116     Document Type: Article

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