Efficacy and safety of yoga for the management of chronic low back pain: an overview of systematic reviews

Ref ID 1074
First Author X. Zhang
Journal FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2023
URL https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2023.1273473/full
Keywords Pain
Complimentary & Alternative
Low methodological quality
Problem(s) Insufficient literature searches
Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria
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
Low reporting (PRISMA) quality
Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
No registered or published protocol
Number of systematic reviews included 13
Summary of Findings The overall quality of the 13 included systematic reviews (SRs) using AMSTAR-2 showed that only one was rated as high-quality, two as low quality, and the remaining 10 SRs critically low quality. These SRs had deficiencies in the following key areas: 1) 10 SRs (76.9%) did not have registered protocols; 2) only two SRs (15.3%) used comprehensive literature search strategies; 3) 12 SRs (80.0%) did not provide a list of excluded studies with reasons; 4) 5 SRs (38.4%) did not use appropriate tools to assess the risk of bias or considered risk of bias in interpretations. In the non-key items, none of the reviews explained their selection of the study designs for inclusion, only 1 review (7.67%) provided a list of excluded studies and 10 (76.9%) SRs did not report on the sources of funding for the included studies.
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?