Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies.
OBJECTIVES: To consider methods and related evidence for evaluating bias in non-
randomised intervention studies. DATA SOURCES: Systematic reviews and methodological …
randomised intervention studies. DATA SOURCES: Systematic reviews and methodological …
Nonpharmacologic therapies for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical …
R Chou, LH Huffman - Annals of internal medicine, 2007 - acpjournals.org
Background: Many nonpharmacologic therapies are available for treatment of low back pain.
Purpose: To assess benefits and harms of acupuncture, back schools, psychological …
Purpose: To assess benefits and harms of acupuncture, back schools, psychological …
The Delphi list: a criteria list for quality assessment of randomized clinical trials for conducting systematic reviews developed by Delphi consensus
AP Verhagen, HCW De Vet, RA De Bie… - Journal of clinical …, 1998 - Elsevier
Most systematic reviews rely substantially on the assessment of the methodological quality
of the individual trials. The aim of this study was to obtain consensus among experts about a …
of the individual trials. The aim of this study was to obtain consensus among experts about a …
The hazards of scoring the quality of clinical trials for meta-analysis
ContextAlthough it is widely recommended that clinical trials undergo some type of quality
review, the number and variety of quality assessment scales that exist make it unclear how …
review, the number and variety of quality assessment scales that exist make it unclear how …
Conservative treatment of acute and chronic nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials of the most common interventions
MW Van Tulder, BW Koes, LM Bouter - Spine, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Objectives. To assess the
effectiveness of the most common conservative types of treatment for patients with acute and …
effectiveness of the most common conservative types of treatment for patients with acute and …
Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials: an annotated bibliography of scales and checklists
Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is important and relatively new.
Quality gives us an estimate of the likelihood that the results are a valid estimate of the truth …
Quality gives us an estimate of the likelihood that the results are a valid estimate of the truth …
Treatment of neck pain: noninvasive interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders
EL Hurwitz, EJ Carragee, G van der Velde… - Journal of manipulative …, 2009 - Elsevier
STUDY DESIGN: Best evidence synthesis. OBJECTIVE: To identify, critically appraise, and
synthesize literature from 1980 through 2006 on noninvasive interventions for neck pain and …
synthesize literature from 1980 through 2006 on noninvasive interventions for neck pain and …
Efficacy of spinal manipulation and mobilization for low back pain and neck pain: a systematic review and best evidence synthesis
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Despite the many published randomized clinical trials (RCTs), a
substantial number of reviews and several national clinical guidelines, much controversy still …
substantial number of reviews and several national clinical guidelines, much controversy still …
Exercises for mechanical neck disorders
A Gross, TM Kay, JP Paquin… - Cochrane Database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
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A comparison of physical therapy, chiropractic manipulation, and provision of an educational booklet for the treatment of patients with low back pain
Background and Methods There are few data on the relative effectiveness and costs of
treatments for low back pain. We randomly assigned 321 adults with low back pain that …
treatments for low back pain. We randomly assigned 321 adults with low back pain that …