CENTRAL, PEDro, PubMed, and EMBASE Are the Most Comprehensive Databases Indexing Randomized Controlled Trials of Physical Therapy Interventions | Zendy

Zoe A Michaleff | Zendy; Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa | Zendy; Anne M. Moseley | Zendy; Christopher G. Maher | Zendy; Mark R. Elkins | Zendy; Rob Herbert | Zendy; Catherine Sherrington | Zendy

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CENTRAL, PEDro, PubMed, and EMBASE Are the Most Comprehensive Databases Indexing Randomized Controlled Trials of Physical Therapy Interventions

Author(s) -

Zoe A Michaleff,

Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa,

Anne M. Moseley,

Christopher G. Maher,

Mark R. Elkins,

Rob Herbert,

Catherine Sherrington

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20100116

Subject(s) - cinahl , psycinfo , randomized controlled trial , medicine , psychological intervention , medline , database , physical therapy , nursing , computer science , political science , law

Many bibliographic databases index research studies evaluating the effects of health care interventions. One study has concluded that the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) has the most complete indexing of reports of randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions, but the design of that study may have exaggerated estimates of the completeness of indexing by PEDro.

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