Efficacy and safety of tai chi exercise on bone health: An umbrella review

Ref ID 1034
First Author J. Li
Journal OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL
Year Of Publishing 2023
URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-023-06830-7
Keywords Complimentary & Alternative
Musculoskeletal
Low methodological quality
Problem(s) No registered or published protocol
Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Low reporting (PRISMA) quality
Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported
Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided
Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria
Number of systematic reviews included 18
Summary of Findings Using AMSTAR 2 to evaluate the SRs, 17 out of 18 (94.4%)were critically low. None of the reviews explained their selection of the study designs for inclusion. Only one SR (94,4%) provided a list of excluded studies with reasons or reported the sources of funding of the included studies. Sixteen SRs (88.8%) did not provide a publicy registered protocol. Only 1 SR was evaluated as high reporting quality using PRISMA 2020, with 7 and 10 SRs evaluated as moderate and low reporting quality, respectively
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?