Outcomes assessment in the SPRINT multicenter tibial fracture trial: Adjudication committee size has trivial effect on trial results

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1023-1033

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Author keywords

Adjudication; Committee size; Dominance; Predicted consensus; Randomized controlled trial; Tibial shaft fractures

Indexed keywords

ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; COST; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

BONE NAILS; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960843539     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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