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Clinical Trials in Neurology

Part of the book series: Neuromethods ((NM,volume 138))

Abstract

This book chapter discusses detailed aspects that were analyzed regarding the design and methodology of 110 most highly cited clinical trials in Spinal Cord Injury. The aim of this book chapter is to provide the reader a summarized analysis of detailed aspects of clinical trial design in this group of population in order to optimize the development of future trials. A literature search was performer utilizing the search engine “web of science” in order to collect the data of the 110 most cited articles in SCI for the last 10 years. A detailed discussion based on the criteria of the consort guidelines is provided with the most common findings as well as suggestions for the improvement on the design of future SCI clinical trials.

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Saleh Velez, F.G., Pinto, C.B., Fregni, F. (2018). Spinal Cord Injury. In: Fregni, F. (eds) Clinical Trials in Neurology. Neuromethods, vol 138. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7880-9_11

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