Ways to improve the methodology of meta-analysis in sports and exercise medicine: what do we often see in peer review?

Affiliations

• ¹ Eastern Health Emergency Medicine Program, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• ² Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• ³ Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
• ⁴ Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• ⁵ Tuggeranong Chiropractic Centre, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
• ⁶ Canberra City Chiro, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
• ⁷ Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• ⁸ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
• ⁹ Hochschule für Gesundheit, Gesundheitscampus 6-8, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Bochum, Germany.