Rationale, design and conduct of a comprehensive evaluation of a primary care based intervention to improve the quality of life of osteoarthritis patients. The PraxArt-project: a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN87252339].

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Published in BMC Public Health on July 19, 2005

Authors

Thomas Rosemann1, Thorsten Körner, Michel Wensing, Jochen Gensichen, Christiane Muth, Stefanie Joos, Joachim Szecsenyi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. thomas_rosemann@med.uni-heidelberg.de

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