Quality of research and quality of reporting in elbow surgery trials

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1619-1626

  Somford, Matthijs P ^a   van Deurzen, Derek F P ^b   Ostendorf, Marieke ^c   Eygendaal, Denise ^d   van den Bekerom, Michel P J ^b  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c St Maartenskliniek Woerden ^*  (Netherlands)

^d AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analysis to Study Methodology; Basic Science Study; Elbow surgery; Quality of reporting; Quality of research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CRYOTHERAPY; ELBOW SURGERY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMBASE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; JOINT SURGERY; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; ELBOW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84941748027     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2015.03.031     Document Type: Article

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