Core outcome sets for research and clinical practice

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 77-84

  Chiarotto, Alessandro ^a,b   Ostelo, Raymond W ^a,b   Turk, Dennis C ^c   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^d,e   Boers, Maarten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core outcome set; Effectiveness; Interventions; Musculoskeletal pain

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85030665333     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2017.03.001     Document Type: Review

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