Reply to letter to the editor: Concerns about standards of reporting clinical trials: An RCT comparing the bobath concept and motor relearning interventions for rehabilitation of stroke patients as an exemplar

Physiotherapy Research International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 244-247

  Langhammer, Birgitta ^a   Stanghelle, Johan K ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 84870705110     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.1542     Document Type: Letter

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