Certainty of Evidence Assessment in Systematic Reviews Published by High-Impact Sports Science Journals: A Meta-epidemiological Study.

Madelin R SiedlerKatie N HarrisChristian RodriguezMegan H LewisPriscila Semidey-LamadridMatthew T StrattonMiguel BlacuttZeinab HosseiniYngve Falck-YtterReem A MustafaShahnaz SultanPhilipp DahmRebecca L MorganMohammad Hassan Murad

Published in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2023)

Only one in five recent contemporary systematic reviews in the field of exercise and sports science assessed certainty of evidence. Organizational and institutional education on methods for assessing evidence may help further increase uptake of these methods and improve both the quality and clinical impact of systematic reviews in the field.

Keyphrases

meta analyses
systematic review
public health
healthcare
quality improvement
physical activity
high intensity