PACE - the first placebo controlled trial of paracetamol for acute low back pain: Statistical analysis plan

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Williams, Christopher M ^a   Maher, Chris G ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   McLachlan, Andrew J ^b   Hancock, Mark J ^c   Day, Richard O ^d   Billot, Laurent ^a   Lin, Chung Wei Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Back pain; Paracetamol; Randomised controlled trial; Statistical analysis plan

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE PAIN; ANALGESICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881130901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-248     Document Type: Article

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