| Ref ID | 322 |
| First Author | A. M. Georgiou |
| Journal | APHASIOLOGY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02687038.2019.1632786?needAccess=true |
| Keywords |
• Neurology • Cognition • Disclosure • Low methodological quality • Low reporting quality • Protocols |
| Problem(s) |
• Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported • No registered or published protocol • Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Individual study characteristics not reported sufficiently • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Cyprus |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for recovery of language in stroke patients with aphasia. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The overall confidence ratings of the methodological quality of systematic reviews of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for recovery of language in stroke patients with aphasia based on weaknesses in critical domains identified by the AMSTAR 2 was low for one systematic review and critically low for the remaining three. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 4 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 274 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |