Table 7.
Quality Assessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines, Systematic Reviews and Narrative Reviews
| Topic | Title | First author | Year | Qualitya |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPGs | ||||
| Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis | 2016 SOSORT guidelines: orthopedic and rehabilitation treatment of idiopathic scoliosis during growth | Negrini43 | 2016 | H |
| Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis | Screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: USPSTF recommendation statement. | Grossman41 | 2018 | Hb |
| Child abuse | Preventing Child Maltreatment: a Guide to Taking Action and Generating Evidence. | WHO47 | 2006 | Hb |
| Chiropractic care and health promotion | The role of chiropractic care in providing health promotion and clinical preventive services for adult patients with musculoskeletal pain: a CPG | Hawk20 | 2021 | (Not rated)c |
| Obesity | Screening for obesity in children and adolescents: USPSTF recommendation Statement. | USPSTF46 | 2017 | Hb |
| Skin cancer prevention | Behavioral counseling to prevent skin cancer: USPSTF recommendation statement. | USPSTF106 | 2018 | Hb |
| Spine care pathway | Global spine care initiative: care pathway for people with spine-related concerns. | Haldeman42 | 2018 | H |
| Tobacco cessation | Recommendations from the USPSTF for prevention and cessation of tobacco use in children and adolescents. | USPSTF107 | 2020 | Hb |
| Systematic reviews | ||||
| Spinal manipulation | Systematic review of spinal manipulation in children. | Green12 | 2019 | A |
| Spinal manipulation | SMT in infants, children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis on treatment indication, technique, and outcomes | Driehuis48 | 2019 | H |
| Manual therapy | Manual therapy for the pediatric population: a systematic review | Parnell Prevost49 | 2019 | H |
| Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis | SMT for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review | Théroux50 | 2017 | H |
| Narrative reviews | ||||
| Child abuse | A review of the literature on good practice considerations for initial health system response to child and adolescent sexual abuse. | Broaddus-Shea92 | 2021 | H |
| Diagnostic imaging | Current evidence for spinal X-ray use in the chiropractic profession: a narrative review. | Jenkins52 | 2018 | A |
| Safety | AEs due to chiropractic and other manual therapies for infants and children: a review of the literature | Todd51 | 2014 | H |
| Safety | Forces of commonly used chiropractic techniques for children: a review of the literature | Todd16 | 2016 | H |
a
Quality rating: H = High; A = Acceptable.
b
Based on the published methodologies for USPSTF and WHO, we classified their guidelines as high quality.
c
We did not rate this guideline because two of its principal authors are investigators on this project.
CPGs, clinical practice guidelines; WHO, World Health Organization; USPSTF, United States Preventive Services Task Force.