The quality of reporting might not reflect the quality of the study: Implications for undertaking and appraising a systematic review

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 130-134

  Littlewood, Chris ^a   Ashton, Jon ^b   Chance Larsen, Ken ^c   May, May ^c   Sturrock, Ben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consort statement; Research methodology; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TENDINITIS;

EID: 84865187795     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: 20426186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042618611Y.0000000013     Document Type: Article

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