Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunity for multiple rehabilitation science learners and clinicians to critically evaluate and synthesize published research in the field of spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation.

Objective

To provide a step-by-step guide for rehabilitation science learners and clinicians outlining how to conduct rigorous systematic reviews in the field of SCI.

Results

Steps for conducting a systematic review (SR) include: (1) formation of the SR team consisting of interprofessional experts; (2) formulation of the research question(s) with patient/population/problem, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome (PICO) specification; (3) determination of inclusion and exclusion criteria; (4) development of SR protocol and registration; (5) development of the search strategies (database specific); (6) screening of titles and abstracts (level 1 screening), and full-texts (level 2 screening); (7) quality assessment of the included studies; (8) data extraction; (9) summary of findings and discussion; and, (10) dissemination of results.

Conclusions

The enclosed ten steps for conducting SRs in SCI rehabilitation research have the potential to significantly improve the quality of evidence synthesis and the associated inferences. The importance of assembling team with diverse expertise is emphasized to assure a quality product with the potential to influence practice and inform the content of clinical practice recommendations.

中文翻译：

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脊髓损伤的系统评价：康复科学学习者和临床医生的分步指南

背景

COVID-19 大流行为多名康复科学学习者和临床医生创造了机会，以批判性地评估和综合脊髓损伤 (SCI) 康复领域已发表的研究。

客观的

为康复科学学习者和临床医生提供分步指南，概述如何在 SCI 领域进行严格的系统评价。

结果

进行系统评价 (SR) 的步骤包括： (1) 组建由跨专业专家组成的 SR 团队；(2) 用患者/人群/问题、干预、比较和结果 (PICO) 规范制定研究问题；(3) 纳入和排除标准的确定；(4) SR协议的制定和注册；(5) 制定搜索策略（特定于数据库）；（6）标题和摘要的筛选（一级筛选），全文筛选（二级筛选）；(7) 纳入研究的质量评价；(8) 数据提取；(9) 调查结果总结和讨论；(10) 传播结果。

结论

随附的在 SCI 康复研究中进行 SR 的十个步骤有可能显着提高证据综合和相关推论的质量。强调了组建具有不同专业知识的团队的重要性，以确保具有潜在影响实践和告知临床实践建议内容的优质产品。