The Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT) applied to exercise interventions in musculoskeletal trials demonstrated good rater agreement and incomplete reporting

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2018, Pages 120-130

  Slade, Susan C ^a,b   Finnegan, Susanne ^c   Dionne, Clermont E ^d   Underwood, Martin ^c   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b,e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d Université Laval   (Canada)

^e CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Musculoskeletal; Publication quality; Reporting guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; EXERCISE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDINITIS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85051659197     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.07.009     Document Type: Article

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