Updated Method Guidelines for Systematic Reviews in the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group

By M. V. van Tulder, Andrea Furlan, C. Bombardier, Lex M. Bouter. Spine, 2003

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Subfields: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, Statistics and Probability

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Citations in the corpus

• Chapter 3 European guidelines for the management of acute nonspecific low back pain in primary care (2006, background): “(van Tulder et al 2003) Especially on topics where there are likely to be a significant number of non-English language publications (for example, the Asian literature on acupuncture) it may be wise to consider involvement of a collaborator with relevant language skills.”
• Meta-Analysis: Exercise Therapy for Nonspecific Low Back Pain (2005, methodology): “Adverse effects assessed, n (%) Any reported 14 (23) 2 (18) 2 (33) 10 (23) Negative reported 10 (16) 2 (18) 1 (17) 7 (16) Study quality (criteria met), n (%) All 4 8 (13) 1 (9) 1 (17) 6 (14) Any 3 18 (30) 4 (36) 3 (50) 10 (23) Any 2 15 (25) 2 (18) 2 (33) 11 (26) Any 1 15 (25) 3 (27) 0 12 (28) None 5”
• The effectiveness of interventions using electronic reminders to improve adherence to chronic medication: a systematic review of the literature (2012, methodology): “Methodological quality The methodological quality of the studies was assessed independently by AJL and MV according to the criteria list from the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group.(41) This list addresses 11 criteria for identifying potential sources of bias: 1.”
• Systematic Review: Strategies for Using Exercise Therapy To Improve Outcomes in Chronic Low Back Pain (2005, methodology): “We followed a standard protocol for study selection and data abstraction (4).”