Title: Effectiveness of manual therapy to reduce the recurrence of low-back pain in adults: a systematic review
Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of ‘hands-on’ manual therapy, including chiropractic, osteopathic, and physiotherapy treatments, in reducing the recurrence of NSLBP in adults.
Stage 1: Training
Training Summary
- Online Covidence courses, JBI tools, and NCOR webinar
- Estimated time: 4 -5 hours
- To be completed by January 31st, 2026
- Remuneration: £50 per participant on completion
- Please contact Daniel Bailey if you have any questions, or use the NCOR-RN WhatsApp group
Training Activities
1. Systematic Review Webinar
Description
Webinar and quiz
Instructions
Please watch the webinar, which provides an overview of systematic reviews. You may have attended the webinar but please watch again using the link provided. Please then complete the quiz using the separate link.
Time to Complete
75 minutes
Evidence of Completion
Completion of Quiz 1
Relevant Links
2. Read a Relevant Research paper
Description
Research paper and quiz
Instructions
Please use the link to access the research paper describing a scoping review of MSK pain prevention in COP. Please read this important paper as it has similar methods and covers a similar topic to our review and makes recommendations for further research that align with the aim of our review. Please then complete the quiz.
Time to Complete
45 minutes
Evidence of Completion
Completion of Quiz 2
Relevant Links
3. Covidence
Description
Webinar and practice research paper screening
Instructions
Please watch the webinar that provides details on how to use Covidence software for conducting a systematic review. You will need to register before being able to view this webinar but are only required to provide your name and email address. Please then use the link in the email that I will send you to setup your Covidence account and practice screening the papers that I have uploaded against the eligibility criteria included in the email.
Time to Complete
75 minutes
Evidence of Completion
Competed screening of uploaded papers in Covidence
Relevant Links
Webinar
For the Covidence link and eligibility criteria, please see the email.
4. JBI Quality Appraisal
Description
Quality appraisal of a paper using a JBI Checklist
Instructions
Please download the JBI checklist for RCTs from the website. Compete the checklist using the checklist instructions for the research paper looking at osteopathic treatment in the prevention of back dysfunction during pregnancy, available via the link. Submit your completed checklist to me via email and then compare your results with those of another researcher that will be sent back to you. Reflect on any differences and be prepared to discuss at the live webinar.
Time to Complete
30 minutes
Evidence of Completion
Submission of completed JBI Checklist
Relevant Links
Research Paper
JBI Checklists
Submit completed JBI checklist
5. Live Webinar
Description
Live webinar
Instructions
Please, attend the live webinar where the training content will be summarised, the next stages of the review will be explained and any questions answered.
Time to Complete
30-60 minutes
Evidence of Completion
Webinar attendance
Relevant Links
A Teams link to the meeting will be sent via email.
Additional Resources
These materials may be useful to refer to during the review but are not compulsory for the training stage.
- Covidence Tutorial Videos. Multiple videos are available on the Covidence website using the link above. The following are likely to be most useful and can be found by scrolling down the page after clicking the link.
- How to accept an invitation to join an institutional account (1 min)
- How to log in and out (2 mins)
- Covidence Demo (6 mins)
- How to screen by title and abstract (3 mins)
- How to screen by full text (5mins)
- Covidence eBooks. These texts provide a useful reference for the different types of reviews and the key stages of the systematic review process.
- Systematic Reveiw Resources
- Protocol for the review
- PRISMA Guidelines guidelines on how to conduct and report systematic reviews
- SwiM Reporting Guidelines guidelines on how to report systematic reviews not involving meta-analysis
- NCOR-RN members systematic review contract PDF version
- NCOR-RN members systematic review contract Word version