Table 1 General characteristics of appraisals
APPRAISAL | PROTOCOL PLANNED | SEARCH DATE | NO. OF RATERS | NO. OF CPG | POPULATION | INTERVENTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACEVEDO 2016 [25] | No | 2000 - 2014 | 2 | 5 | Chronic LBP | Interventional management (surgical and non-surgical) |
ANDERSON 2021 [26] | PROSPERO | Inception - January 2020 | 2 | 10 | Lumbar spinal stenosis | Diagnosis, treatment, management |
CASTELLINI 2020 [27] | PROSPERO | January 2016 - January 2020 | 4 | 21 | LBP | Rehabilitation, pharmacological or surgical therapy |
CORP 2021 [28] | Online repository | January 2013 - May 2020 | 1-2 | 12 | Adults with neck pain and LBP including whiplash-related disorders or symptoms of radiculopathy (e.g., radicular pain) | Treatment deliverable via primary care or referral pathways to secondary care |
DONISELLI 2018 [29] | No | 2009 - March 2017 | 4 | 8 | LBP | Assessment and management |
ERNSTZEN 2017 [30] | PROSPERO | 2000 - May 2015 | 3 | 12 | Adults with chronic MSK pain including LBP | Evaluation, diagnosis, and management of chronic MSK pain |
FRANZ 2015 [31] | No | 2000 - June 2014 | NR | 2 | LBP | Diagnosis and treatment |
HOYDONCKX 2020 [32] | No | January 2008 - December 2018 | 3 | 2 | Adults with chronic pain including LBP | Diagnosis and treatment |
KRENN 2020 [33] | No | 2013 - September 2020 | 2 | 10 | People, any age and sex, with specific-LBP | Diagnosis and/or treatment |
LIN 2020 [34] | PROSPERO | 2011 - 2017 | 3 | 15 | Adults with spinal pain (lumbar, thoracic, cervical spine), hip/knee pain including hip/knee OA and shoulder pain | Assessment and treatment |
MERONI 2019 [17] | No | January 2011 - December 2019 | 3 | 10 | Non-specific chronic LBP | Clinical management of nonspecific chronic LBP in primary care |
NG 2021 [35] | PROSPEROb | 2008 – October 2018 | 2-3 | 22 | Adults with any type of LBP | Treatment and/or management of LBP |
NORDIN 2018 [36] | PROSPERO | 2010 - October 2017 | 2 | 15 | Adults and children with neck pain and associated disorders, mechanical thoracic spinal pain, musculoskeletal chest pain, non-specific LBP with or without radiculopathy, infection associated with the spine (i.e., bacteria, fungi), spinal deformity (kyphosis, lordosis, scoliosis), myelopathy, and inflammatory arthritis | Assessment and intervention in differential diagnosis |
RATHBONE 2020 [37] | Online repository | 1946 - March 2020 | 2 | 36 | Adult population with primary LBP | Within the scope of physiotherapy |
STANDER 2020a [38] | No | Inception - January 2019 | NR | 3 | Adults with acute or subacute LBP | Physiotherapy assessment and management |
WONG 2017 [39] | PROSPERO | January 2005 - April 2014 | 2 | 13 | Adults and/or children with LBP with or without radiculopathy; | Therapeutic noninvasive management |
YAMAN 2015 [40] | No | Search done in July 2014 | 4 | 3 | NASS evidence-based clinical practice CPGs | - |