Incomplete Reporting of Baseline Characteristics in Clinical Trials: An Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Systematic Reviews Involving Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Wertli, Maria M ^a   Schöb, Manuela ^a   Brunner, Florian ^b   Steurer, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJECTION THERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROLOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874750210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058512     Document Type: Article

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