The evidence base for orthopaedics and sports medicine

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lohmander, L Stefan ^a   Roos, Ewa M ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BELIEF; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENOPAUSE; ORTHOPEDICS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLASTIC SURGERY; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE FRACTURE; SPORTS MEDICINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPOSIUM; STANDARDS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84920768357     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g7835     Document Type: Editorial

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