Journal article
Assessment of the Methodologic Quality of Medical and Surgical Clinical Trials in Patients with Arthroplasty
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCT) of medical and surgical therapy in patients with arthroplasty.
METHODS: We conducted a Medline database search for all arthroplasty RCT from 1997 and 2006. The quality of the methods of all eligible RCT was assessed by a trained abstractor. We used a checklist of trial quality characteristics, and the overall trial quality was assessed by 3 scales: Jadad …
Authors
Singh JA; Murphy S; Bhandari M
Journal
The Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 36, No. 12, pp. 2642–2654
Publisher
The Journal of Rheumatology
Publication Date
12 2009
DOI
10.3899/jrheum.090333
ISSN
0315-162X