Decision tree analysis to better control treatment effects in spinal cord injury clinical research.

CONCLUSIONS: Appropriate stratification factors are fundamental to accurately identify treatment effects. Inclusion of AOSC type improves stratification, and use of the 6 stratification groups could minimize confounding effects of variable neurological recovery so that effective treatments can be identified. PMID: 31200369 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - June 13, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tee JW, Rivers CS, Fallah N, Noonan VK, Kwon BK, Fisher CG, Street JT, Ailon T, Dea N, Paquette S, Dvorak MF Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research