Clinical replicability of rehabilitation interventions in randomized controlled trials reported in main journals is inadequate

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2019, Pages 108-117

  Negrini, Stefano ^a,b   Arienti, Chiara ^b   Pollet, Joel ^b   Engkasan, Julia Patrick ^c   Francisco, Gerard E ^d   Frontera, Walter R ^e   Galeri, Silvia ^b   Gworys, Kamila ^f   Kujawa, Jolanta ^f   Mazlan, Mazlina ^c   Rathore, Farooq A ^g   Schillebeeckx, Fabienne ^h   Kiekens, Carlotte ^h   Bogaerts, Stijn ^h   Rummens, Sofie ^h   De Groef, An ^h   Verheyden, Geert ^h   Spriet, Ann ^h   Van Assche, Dieter ^h   Van Dijk, Margreet ^h   Vrijsen, Bart ^h   Staes, Blanche ^h   Van Kerschaver, Griet ^h   Note, Eline ^h   Del Zotto, Elisabetta ^b   Medici, Luca ^b   Patelli, Paolo ^b   Redolfi, Alessandra ^b   Suhaimi, Anwar ^c   Yang, Chung Tze ^c   Fauzi, Aishah Ahmad ^c   Chen, Lee Poh ^c   Veradan, Parimalaganthi ^c   Shaikh Mazran, Noor Shahaneem ^c   Adnan, Saufiyah ^c   Farrukh, Shazia ^g   Qamar, Asma ^g   Puzder, Anna ^f   Kowalewska, Elżbieta ^f   Gasztych, Jowita ^f   Chrzanowska Rydz, Marta ^f   Redlicka, Justyna ^f   Tomczak, Magdalena ^f   Binder, Katarzyna ^f   Micheo, William ^e   Baerga, Luis ^e   Sepulveda, Fernando ^e   Lopez, Carmen ^e   Ramos, Edwardo ^e   Cotto, Luis ^e   Rodriguez, Veronica ^e   Chen, Jason ^d   Korupolu, Radha ^d   Kumar, Dharmendra ^d   Kern, Marcia ^d   Edenfield, Erin E ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d TIRR MEMORIAL HERMANN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g PNS SHIFA HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Applicability; Complex interventions; RCTs; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICIAN; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; ITALY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATION; PAKISTAN; POLAND; PUERTO RICO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH;

CHECKLIST; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 85068928719     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.06.008     Document Type: Article

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