What effect is really being measured? an alternative explanation of paradoxical phenomena in studies of osteoarthritis progression

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 658-661

  Zhang, Yuqing ^a,c   Neogi, Tuhina ^a   Hunter, David ^b   Roemer, Frank ^a   Niu, Jingbo ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899082906     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22213     Document Type: Article

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