A systematic survey of the quality of research reporting in general orthopaedic journals

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1154-1159

  Parsons, N R ^a   Hiskens, R ^a,b   Price, C L ^a,c   Achten, J ^a   Costa, M L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80052784603     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B9.27193     Document Type: Review

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