The importance of allocation concealment and patient blinding in osteoarthritis trials: a meta-epidemiologic study.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of adequate allocation concealment and patient blinding with estimates of treatment benefits in osteoarthritis trials. METHODS: We performed a meta-epidemiologic study of 16 meta-analyses with 175 trials that compared therapeutic interventions with placebo or n...

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Päätekijät: Nüesch, E, Reichenbach, S, Trelle, S, Rutjes, A, Liewald, K, Sterchi, R, Altman, D, Jüni, P
Aineistotyyppi: Journal article
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: 2009