Systematic Reviews and Clinical Trials in Rehabilitation: Comprehensive Analyses of Publication Trends

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1853-1862.e2

  Jesus, Tiago S ^a  

^a Portuguese Ministry of Education   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clinical trials as topic; Publications; Rehabilitation; Review literature as topic

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LITERATURE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PUBLICATION; REHABILITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRENDS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84992643477     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.06.017     Document Type: Article

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