Physiotherapy trials for the 21st century - Time to raise the bar?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 437-441

  Rushton, Alison ^a   Calvert, Mel ^a   Wright, Chris ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISKECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84555187178     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110109     Document Type: Article

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