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Negrini S, Ceravolo MG, Côté P, Arienti C. A systematic review that is ``rapid'' and ``living'': A specific answer to the COVID-19 pandemic. J Clin Epidemiol 2021; 138:194-198. [PMID: 34089780 PMCID: PMC8170906 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE This study aims to describe "rapid living" systematic reviews, an innovative methodological design used to systematically synthesize emerging evidence in the field of rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING A methodological paper, with a formative approach to rapid living systematic reviews. RESULTS Based on our experience, we propose the following definition of rapid living SR: ``A dynamic method of knowledge synthesis that allows for the constant updating of new emerging evidence and refinement of its methodological quality.'' This method has the benefit of accelerating the conduct of traditional systematic reviews and allows for a synergistic adaptation of methodology based on the quality of the evidence with a flexibility to update results, methods and collaborations. CONCLUSION Our proposed methodology has been helpful to synthesize the rapidly evolving evidence in the field of rehabilitation during the pandemic. Similarly, it may be useful when a rapid answer is urgently needed to make informed decisions. The COVID-19 disease has shown that modern medical science has the ability to produce new knowledge at a rate never seen before. Therefore, our proposed rapid living systematic reviews provide the scientific community with a method to rapidly synthesize evidence when facing health emergencies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stefano Negrini
- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University "La Statale", Milan, Italy; Laboratory of Evidence-Based Rehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Politecnica delle Marche" University, Ancona, Italy
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada; Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation at Ontario Tech University and CMCC, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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Arienti C, Kiekens C, Bettinsoli R, Engkasan JP, Frischknecht R, Gimigliano F, Grubisic F, Howe T, Iannicelli V, Ilieva E, Lazzarini SG, Levack WM, Meyer T, Oral A, Patrini M, Pollini E, Rathore FA, Negrini S. Cochrane Rehabilitation: 2020 annual report. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2021; 57:303-308. [PMID: 33971699 DOI: 10.23736/s1973-9087.21.06877-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
During its fourth year of existence, Cochrane Rehabilitation went on to promote evidence-informed health decision-making in rehabilitation. In 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has made it necessary to alter priorities. In these challenging times, Cochrane Rehabilitation has firstly changed its internal organisation and established a new relevant project in line with pandemic needs: the REH-COVER (Rehabilitation - COVID-19 evidence-based response) action. The aim was to focus on the timely collection, review and dissemination of summarised and synthesised evidence relating to COVID-19 and rehabilitation. Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action has included in 2020 five main initiatives: 1) rapid living systematic reviews on rehabilitation and COVID-19; 2) interactive living evidence map on rehabilitation and COVID-19; 3) definition of the research topics on "rehabilitation and COVID-19" in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) rehabilitation programme; 4) Cochrane Library special collection on Coronavirus (COVID-19) rehabilitation; and 5) collaboration with COVID-END for the topics "rehabilitation" and "disability." Furthermore, we are still carrying on five different special projects: Be4rehab; RCTRACK; definition of rehabilitation for research purposes; ebook project; and a prioritization exercise for Cochrane Reviews production. The Review Working Area continued to identify and "tag" the rehabilitation-relevant reviews published in the Cochrane library; the Publication Working Area went on to publish Cochrane Corners, working more closely with the Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs) and Cochrane Networks, particularly with Cochrane Musculoskeletal, Oral, Skin and Sensory Network; the Education Working Area, the most damaged in 2020, tried to continue performing educational activities such as workshops in different online meetings; the Methodology Working Area organized the third and fourth Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological (CRM) meetings respectively in Milan and Orlando; the Communication Working Area spread rehabilitation evidences through different channels and translated the contents in different languages.
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- Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute SpA, Imola, Bologna, Italy.,University Hospitals Leuven - KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Honorary Consultant in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital Center "Sestre Milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, PNS Shifa Hospital, DHA II, Karachi, Pakistan.,Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.,Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.,Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan "La Statale", Milan, Italy
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Negrini S, Chan L, Ferriero G, Frontera WR, Heinemann AW. Current Evidence From the Randomized Controlled Trials Rehabilitation Checklist (RCTRACK) reporting guideline project. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2021; 102:1665-1667. [PMID: 33991486 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Stefano Negrini
- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University "La Statale", Milan, Italy; IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Scientific Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy; Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Sports Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Department of Physiology, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL
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Negrini S, Ceravolo MG, Ferriero G. One year of COVID-19 pandemics and its effect on rehabilitation: the search for the best available evidence. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2021; 57:175-180. [PMID: 33826279 DOI: 10.23736/s1973-9087.21.06992-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Stefano Negrini
- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University "La Statale", Milan, Italy.,IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Politecnica delle Marche" University, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy - .,Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Scientific Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Varese, Italy
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Negrini S, Mills JA, Arienti C, Kiekens C, Cieza A. "Rehabilitation Research Framework for Patients With COVID-19" Defined by Cochrane Rehabilitation and the World Health Organization Rehabilitation Programme. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2021; 102:1424-1430. [PMID: 33716115 PMCID: PMC7948530 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in a surge of research activity. Since its outset, efforts have been made to guide the rapid generation of research in medicine. There are gaps in some areas of rehabilitation research for patients with COVID-19. The development of a specific research framework might serve to help monitor the status of research (mapping), shape and strengthen research by pointing to under-investigated areas, and promote rehabilitation research in this context. This article introduces and discusses the COVID-19 Rehabilitation Research Framework (CRRF) and presents the methodology used for its development. The questions have been developed among the World Health Organization (WHO) Rehabilitation Programme, Cochrane Rehabilitation, and the experts of its Rehabilitation-COVID-19 Evidence-based Response Action International Multiprofessional Steering Committee. The framework is divided into 2 parts and includes 20 questions organized in 4 groups: epidemiology, and evidence at the micro- (individual), meso- (health services), and macro- (health systems) levels. The CRRF offers a comprehensive view of the research areas relevant to COVID-19 and rehabilitation that are necessary to inform best practice and ensure rehabilitation services and health systems can best serve the population with COVID-19. The collaboration between Cochrane Rehabilitation and the WHO Rehabilitation Programme in establishing the CRRF brought together perspectives from the health systems, health management, and clinical evidence. The authors encourage researchers to use the CRRF when planning studies on rehabilitation in the context of COVID-19.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stefano Negrini
- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University "La Statale", Milan, Italy; Laboratory of Evidence-based Rehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Spinal Unit, Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute, Imola (BO), Italy
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- Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Negrini S, Chan L, Ferriero G, Frontera W, Heinemann A. Current evidence from the Randomized Controlled Trials Rehabilitation Checklist (RCTRACK) reporting guideline project. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2020; 56:787-789. [PMID: 33047946 PMCID: PMC8603787 DOI: 10.23736/s1973-9087.20.06635-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Stefano Negrini
- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University "La Statale", Milan, Italy -
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy -
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Scientific Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Varese, Italy
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Sports Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Department of Physiology, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, USA
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Negrini S, Meyer T, Arienti C, Kiekens C, Pollock A, Selb M, Stucki G. The 3rd Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Meeting: "Rehabilitation definition for scientific research purposes". Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2020; 56:658-660. [DOI: 10.23736/s1973-9087.20.06574-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Gimigliano F, Negrini S, Arienti C, Bettinsoli R, Patrini M, Liguori S, Zampolini M, Kiekens C. Cochrane rehabilitation communication strategy. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2020; 56:836-838. [PMID: 32972092 DOI: 10.23736/s1973-9087.20.06593-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Francesca Gimigliano
- Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.,Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University La Statale, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy -
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Foligno Hospital, USL Umbria 2, Italian NHS, Foligno, Perugia, Italy
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- Spinal Unit, Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute, Imola, Bologna, Italy
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