'Trustworthy' Systematic Reviews Can Only Result in Meaningful Conclusions if the Quality of Randomized Clinical Trials and the Certainty of Evidence Improves: an Update on the 'trustworthy' Living Systematic Review Project

Overview

Journal J Man Manip Ther

Specialty Rehabilitation Medicine

Date 2024 Jul 11

PMID 38990056

Authors

Sean P Riley

Daniel W Flowers

Brian T Swanson

Stephen M Shaffer

Chad E Cook

Jean-Michel Brismee

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