Characterization and critical appraisal of physiotherapy intervention research in Nigeria: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Clinical research is the bedrock of clinical innovation, education and practice. We characterized and critically appraised physiotherapy clinical research to avoid implementing misleading research findings into practice and to task the Nigerian physiotherapy societies on responsible conduct of clinical research.

Methods

This is a systematic review of articles published in English between 2009 and 2023. We started with 2009 because at least few Nigerian Physiotherapy school had commenced postgraduate (research) training by then. We searched Pubmed, Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Academic Search Complete, PsycINFO and African Journal Online, and reference lists of relevant articles. We Data were selected and extracted according to

SUBMITTER: Nweke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10763218 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature