Assessment of the risk of bias in rehabilitation reviews

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-322

  Farmer, Sybil E ^a   Wood, Duncan ^b   Swain, Ian D ^b,c   Pandyan, Anand D ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

rehabilitation; risk of bias; systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; HIGH QUALITY; SEARCH TERMS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; REHABILITATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84870061076     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e3283559b6b     Document Type: Review

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