TY - JOUR T1 - Implementing the 27 PRISMA 2020 Statement items for systematic reviews in the sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and sports science fields: the PERSiST (implementing Prisma in Exercise, Rehabilitation, Sport medicine and SporTs science) guidance JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 175 LP - 195 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2021-103987 VL - 56 IS - 4 AU - Clare L Ardern AU - Fionn Büttner AU - Renato Andrade AU - Adam Weir AU - Maureen C Ashe AU - Sinead Holden AU - Franco M Impellizzeri AU - Eamonn Delahunt AU - H Paul Dijkstra AU - Stephanie Mathieson AU - Michael Skovdal Rathleff AU - Guus Reurink AU - Catherine Sherrington AU - Emmanuel Stamatakis AU - Bill Vicenzino AU - Jackie L Whittaker AU - Alexis A Wright AU - Mike Clarke AU - David Moher AU - Matthew J Page AU - Karim M Khan AU - Marinus Winters Y1 - 2022/02/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/4/175.abstract N2 - Poor reporting of medical and healthcare systematic reviews is a problem from which the sports and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and sports science fields are not immune. Transparent, accurate and comprehensive systematic review reporting helps researchers replicate methods, readers understand what was done and why, and clinicians and policy-makers implement results in practice. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement and its accompanying Explanation and Elaboration document provide general reporting examples for systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. However, implementation guidance for sport and exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and sports science does not exist. The Prisma in Exercise, Rehabilitation, Sport medicine and SporTs science (PERSiST) guidance attempts to address this problem. Nineteen content experts collaborated with three methods experts to identify examples of exemplary reporting in systematic reviews in sport and exercise medicine (including physical activity), musculoskeletal rehabilitation (including physiotherapy), and sports science, for each of the PRISMA 2020 Statement items. PERSiST aims to help: (1) systematic reviewers improve the transparency and reporting of systematic reviews and (2) journal editors and peer reviewers make informed decisions about systematic review reporting quality. ER -