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Journal of Physiotherapy 60 (2014) 170–173
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PHYSIOTHERAPY
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Appraisal Research Note
Forest plots
Introduction Forest plots of randomised trials
A systematic literature review can provide a robust answer to a Continuous measures of treatment outcome
clinical question by identifying individual studies that provide
evidence relevant to the question and summarising their results. In The forest plot presented in Figure 1 was generated using data
the field of physiotherapy, systematic reviews commonly summa- from a systematic review of randomised controlled trials of
rise the results of randomised trials that test the effect of an rhythmic cueing to improve walking speed in people with
However, systematic reviews can also summarise Parkinson’s The first column (on the left) lists the studies
studies of the accuracy of diag