| Ref ID | 861 |
| First Author | M. de-la-Casa-Almeida |
| Journal | DISABILITY & REHABILITATION |
| Year Of Publishing | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2023.2203951 |
| Keywords |
• Musculoskeletal • Pre-specification • Low methodological quality • Transparency • Protocols • Certainty • Complementary & Alternative |
| Problem(s) |
• Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • No registered or published protocol • Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria • Interpreted without considering certainty or overall quality of the evidence base |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Spain |
| Aim | To develop an overview of systematic reviews (SRs) to summarize the current evidence on the effectiveness of mind-body exercises, specifically qigong, tai chi, and yoga, on osteoarthritis-related symptoms. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 13 included systematic reviews of the effectiveness of mind-body exercises indexed CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, SPORTDiscus, and the Cochrane Library from inception up to 20 June 2022. Using AMSTAR 2 to evaluate the included studies, no systematic reviews were judged to have high methodological quality. Two systematic reviews had low methodological quality, and most systematic reviews were judged to have very low quality. AMSTAR 2 items commonly unreported were associated with the review protocol (n = 12, 92%), the reasons to choose a specific research design (n = 13, 100%), and the provision of the sources of funding for primary studies (n = 13, 100%). Only three systematic reviews judged certainty of evidence using a gold standard for it. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 13 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 813 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
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