Journal article
Level of Evidence in Orthopaedic Journals
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The American edition of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS-A) has included a level-of-evidence rating for each of its clinical scientific papers published since January 2003. The purpose of this study was to assess the type and level of evidence found in nine different orthopaedic journals by applying this level-of-evidence rating system.
METHODS: We reviewed all clinical articles published from January through June 2003 in …
Authors
Obremskey WT; Pappas N; Attallah-Wasif E; Tornetta P; Bhandari M
Journal
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 87, No. 12, pp. 2632–2638
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2005
DOI
10.2106/jbjs.e.00370
ISSN
0021-9355