| Ref ID | 1005 |
| First Author | A. Dabbagh |
| Journal | BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS |
| Year Of Publishing | 2023 |
| URL | https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-023-06778-z |
| Keywords |
• Musculoskeletal • Low methodological quality • Non-Cochrane reviews |
| Problem(s) |
• Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Risk of bias not incorporated into conclusions of review • No registered or published protocol • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To provide a comprehensive and systematic integration of the evidence regarding non-surgical biophysical interventions of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, from published Systematic Reviews (SRs), through conducting an umbrella review. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 17 Systematic Reviews (SRs) identified from CINAHL, Medline, and EMBASE through Ovid and the Cochrane database of systematic reviews from inception to February 2023. The quality of the included reviews was mainly critically low (n = 16) or low (n = 1) using AMSTAR 2. Of these, 12 (70.5%) did not report a protocol; only 4 (23.5%) provided a list of excluded studies with reasons or accounted for Risk of Bias in primary studies when interpreting/discussing the results; only 5 (29.4%) reported on sources of funding; |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 17 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1189 |