A randomised trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  McClellan, Carey Middleton ^a   Cramp, Fiona ^b   Powell, Jane ^b   Benger, Jonathan Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTENDED SCOPE PHYSIOTHERAPIST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871030425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001092     Document Type: Article

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