title: Tutorial for writing systematic reviews for the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (BJPT).
abstract: Systematic reviews aim to summarize all evidence using very rigorous methods in order to address a specific research question with less bias as possible. Systematic reviews are widely used in the field of physical therapy, however not all reviews have good quality. This tutorial aims to guide authors of the Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy on how systematic reviews should be conducted and reported in order to be accepted for publication. It is expected that this tutorial will help authors of systematic reviews as well as journal editors and reviewers on how to conduct, report, critically appraise and interpret this type of study design.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional (EEFFTO), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marisa C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Biomecânica e Epidemiologia Clínica, Grupo PAIFIT, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Londrina, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jefferson R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, EEFFTO, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosana F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.affiliation: Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucíola C M
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristina M N
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.affiliation: Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo O P
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards*