Analysis of scientific truth status in controlled rehabilitation trials

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 617-625

  Kerry, Roger ^a   Madouasse, Aurélien ^b   Arthur, Antony ^a   Mumford, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; philosophy; randomized controlled trials; rehabilitation; systematic reviews; truth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION MEDICINE;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; PHILOSOPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REHABILITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; TRUTH;

BIBLIOMETRICS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84881138166     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01855.x     Document Type: Article

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