Reporting Randomized Controlled Trials in Rehabilitation Research
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Abstract
Dear Editor
When people consider Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), they tend to focus on design issues, which is understandable. RCTs are an essential component of the arsenal of research designs and are the only research design whereby the true relationship between cause and effect can be discerned.
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| Issue | Vol 16 No 2 (2022) | |
| Section | Editorial | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/jmr.v16i2.9296 | |
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