An assessment of the quality of rotator cuff randomized controlled trials: Utilizing the Jadad score and CONSORT criteria

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1180-1185

  McCormick, Frank ^a   Cvetanovich, Gregory L ^a   Kim, Jaehon M ^b   Harris, Joshua D ^a   Gupta, Anil K ^a   Abrams, Geoff D ^a   Romeo, Anthony A ^a   Provencher, Matthew T ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CONSORT; Jadad score; Randomized controlled trials; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSOLIDATED STANDARDS OF REPORTING TRIALS CRITERIA; HUMAN; JADAD SCORE; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONSORT; JADAD SCORE; LEVEL II; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED TRIALS; ROTATOR CUFF; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84883053666     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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