RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Updated Method Guidelines for Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Systematic Reviews and Metaanalyses
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 194
OP 205
DO 10.3899/jrheum.121306
VO 41
IS 2
A1 Elizabeth A.T. Ghogomu
A1 Lara J. Maxwell
A1 Rachelle Buchbinder
A1 Tamara Rader
A1 Jordi Pardo Pardo
A1 Renea V. Johnston
A1 Robin D.K. Christensen
A1 Anne W.S. Rutjes
A1 Tania M. Winzenberg
A1 Jasvinder A. Singh
A1 Gustavo Zanoli
A1 George A. Wells
A1 Peter Tugwell
A1 the Editorial Board of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group
YR 2014
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/41/2/194.abstract
AB The Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group (CMSG), one of 53 groups of the not-for-profit, international Cochrane Collaboration, prepares, maintains, and disseminates systematic reviews of treatments for musculoskeletal diseases. It is important that authors conducting CMSG reviews and the readers of our reviews be aware of and use updated, state-of-the-art systematic review methodology. One hundred sixty reviews have been published. Previous method guidelines for systematic reviews of interventions in the musculoskeletal field published in 2006 have been substantially updated to incorporate methodological advances that are mandatory or highly desirable in Cochrane reviews and knowledge translation advances. The methodological advances include new guidance on searching, new risk-of-bias assessment, grading the quality of the evidence, the new Summary of Findings table, and comparative effectiveness using network metaanalysis. Method guidelines specific to musculoskeletal disorders are provided by CMSG editors for various aspects of undertaking a systematic review. These method guidelines will help improve the quality of reporting and ensure high standards of conduct as well as consistency across CMSG reviews.