How to write a systematic review

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2761-2768

  Harris, Joshua D ^a   Quatman, Carmen E ^b,c   Manring, M M ^c   Siston, Robert A ^b,d   Flanigan, David C ^b,c  

^a Methodist Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; meta analysis; PRISMA; PROSPERO; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLISHING; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARDS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL WRITING; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLISHING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84893165069     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513497567     Document Type: Review

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