Please refer to the following manuscripts to learn more about the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group and its methodological considerations:

Updated method guidelines for cochrane musculoskeletal group systematic reviews and metaanalyses. Ghogomu EA, Maxwell LJ, Buchbinder R, Rader T, Pardo Pardo J, Johnston RV, Christensen RD, Rutjes AW, Winzenberg TM, Singh JA, Zanoli G, Wells GA,Tugwell P; Editorial Board of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group.J Rheumatol. 2014 Feb;41(2):194-205. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.121306. Epub 2013 Dec 1. 

Update of strategies to translate evidence from cochrane musculoskeletal group systematic reviews for use by various audiences. Rader T, Pardo Pardo J, Stacey D, Ghogomu E, Maxwell LJ, Welch VA, Singh JA, Buchbinder R, Légaré F, Santesso N, Toupin April K, O'Connor AM, Wells GA, Winzenberg TM, Johnston R, Tugwell P; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Editors. J Rheumatol. 2014 Feb;41(2):206-15. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.121307. Epub 2013 Dec 1. 

 Is health equity considered in systematic reviews of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group? Tugwell, Peter; Maxwell, Lara; Welch, Vivian; Kristjansson, Elizabeth; Petticrew, Mark; Wells, George; Buchbinder, Rachelle; Suarez-Almazor, Maria; Nowlan, Marie-Andrée; Morris, Erin; Khan, Maryam; Shea, Bev; Tsikata, Setorme. Arthritis & Care Research. 2009 Volume 59 Issue 11, Pages 1603-10.

Occupational therapists should be more involved in the Cochrane Collaboration: The example of the Australian Cochrane Musculoskeletal Review Group; Martin E, Baggaley K, Buchbinder R, Johnston R, Tugwell P, Maxwell L, Santesso N. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 2008; 55 (3):  207-11, doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00711.x.

Evidence Based Chiropractic Care: Systematic Reviews from the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group. Santesso N, Maxwell L, Tugwell PS, Buchbinder R, Johnston R, and the Editorial Board of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association 2006; 50(4).