Effectiveness of Electrotherapy

Full Title: Effectiveness of physical therapy; electrotherapy, lasertherapy, ultrasound therapy. The Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands, 1999; publication no. 1999/20. This review covered 169 randomised controlled trials in order to establish the effectiveness of the above therapies.
Author : Health Council of the Netherlands
Author Email : [email protected]
Country of Origin : Netherlands

The opening line really tells you what standpoint this committee is taking... I'd be interested in reading something a bit more objective...

Cheers,
Ray

I would think it's quite objective. "effectiveness" can mean effective or non effective =)

Hello Bob,

Thank you for this post. It sounds pretty interesting. Even though I would rather check out the research. What is the name of the author,a nd the article title?

Why not make this a standard for all the posts here about scientifi literature? (in our study the teachers are crazy about it - and in this case it makes some sense, because also 169 RCT's can be reviewed in very different ways...)

Cheers!
Kai

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Originally Posted by kskrueger

Hello Bob,

Thank you for this post. It sounds pretty interesting. Even though I would rather check out the research. What is the name of the author,a nd the article title?

Why not make this a standard for all the posts here about scientifi literature? (in our study the teachers are crazy about it - and in this case it makes some sense, because also 169 RCT's can be reviewed in very different ways...)

Cheers!
Kai

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Full Title: Effectiveness of physical therapy; electrotherapy, lasertherapy, ultrasound therapy. The Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands, 1999; publication no. 1999/20.

What tools do you use for outcomes assessments in your studies and why?