Fig. 1. Relative potency ratios of 13 active ingredients used against a fall armyworm population collected in Puerto ... Fig. 1. Relative potency ratios. Figure 1 Phases of the research. Author’s own work. Fig. 1 Bone scintigraphy of the right tibia of the patient at disease onset (A)...
Randomized controlled trials (RCT) ”An epidemiological experiment in which subjects in a population are randomly allocated into groups, usually called study and control groups to receive and not receive an experimental preventive or therapetuic procedure, maneuver, or interventition” John M.Last, ...
•RCT –Investigatorallocatestheexposure Randomizedcontrolledtrials(RCT) ”Anepidemiologicalexperimentinwhich subjectsinapopulationarerandomly allocatedintogroups,usuallycalledstudy andcontrolgroupstoreceiveandnotreceive anexperimentalpreventiveortherapetuic procedure,maneuver,orinterventition” JohnM.Last,2001 WhyRCT...
The aim of this study is to describe the reported quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in pediatric physical therapy (PPT) and changes with time. All RCTs sourced from PEDro database and scored using the PEDro scale were included. RCTs were classified as high- or low quality ...
Methodology and Principal Findings This is a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT). We searched relevant studies in electronic databases up to May 2013. RCTs comparing efficacy of (DHP) with other artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), non-ACT or placebo were selected. The ...
Effectiveness of high-intensity laser therapy in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(51):e13126. Article PubMed Google Scholar ElMeligie MM, Gbreel MI, Yehia RM, Hanafy AF. Clinical ...
As long as numbers of subjects are sufficient, this ensures that both known and unknown confounding factors are evenly distributed between treatment groups http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomized_controlled_trial Aspects of control in clinical trials ? Control ? studying a group of treated patients ...
Twenty healthy female volunteers (mean age 32 years) participated in this examiner-blind randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01478451). The participants performed eccentric contractions for the upper trapezius muscle on a Biodex dynamometer. Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) presented 48...
Performance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) direct-acting antivirals in clinical trials and daily practice J.E. Arends, P.A.M. Kracht, A.I.M. Hoepelman Clinical. A multicentre, open-label, randomized comparative study of tigecycline versus ceftriaxone sodium plus metronidazole for the treatment of...
To test these hypotheses, we conducted two prospective, randomized trials involving a total of 94 PD patients: a short-term nitrogen balance study where patients (n = 34) were randomized to receive in-centre diets containing 1.2, 0.9 or 0.6 g of protein/kg IBW/day for 10 days, and a ...