Highlights
- •The number of rehabilitation publications over the past 16 years has risen linearly.
- •Publications with a high level of evidence showed a larger multiplication factor.
- •Publications with a low level of evidence showed a lower multiplication factor.
- •Similar trends were found for the adult and the pediatric rehabilitation literature.
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CT (clinical trial), MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), PMR (physical medicine and rehabilitation), RCT (randomized controlled trial)Purchase one-time access:
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