Vertebroplasty and the placebo response

Radiology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 621-625

  Miller, Franklin G ^a   Kallmes, David F ^b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOPLASTY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL PAIN; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BONE CEMENTS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 79956331719     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11102412     Document Type: Editorial

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