Analysis of reporting of systematic reviews in physical therapy published in Portuguese

Ref ID 277
First Author R. S. Padula
Journal BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Year Of Publishing 2012
URL http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-35552012000400012
Keywords Physiotherapy
Problem(s) Low reporting (PRISMA) quality
Number of systematic reviews included 37
Summary of Findings From the 37 systematic reviews included, adherence to the PRISMA statement recommendations for most of systematic reviews published in Portuguese in the field of physical therapy was lower than 30%. None of the included reviews had registered a protocol a priori and none of the included reviews had specified the methods for describing risk of bias across studies. No improvements over time were observed.
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? No