Ángel González de la Flor
Physiotherapist with a PhD, lecturer and researcher in the Department of Physiotherapy at Universidad Europea de Madrid. Researches musculoskeletal conditions, pain and evidence methodology, with papers in international scientific journals. Co-founder of revisia.
Profiles: ORCID · Dialnet · ResearchGate · Universidad Europea de Madrid
Guides by this author
Core guide
What is a systematic review?
Synthesis
What is a meta-analysis? How it is done and how to read one
Concepts
Types of literature review: systematic, narrative, scoping and umbrella
Decision
Narrative review vs systematic review: which one to choose
Appraisal
Risk of bias assessment: the Cochrane risk of bias tool (RoB 2), ROBINS-I, AMSTAR 2 and Newcastle-Ottawa
Question
Research question frameworks: PICO, PECO, PCC, CoCoPop, PIRD, PEO or SPIDER?
Screening
Rayyan vs Covidence in 2026: which screening tool to choose
Protocol
PROSPERO registration: what it is and how to register your protocol
Reporting
PRISMA 2020 flow diagram: free generator, template and guide
Question
How to write a PICO question, with examples
Statistics
Meta-analysis software: JASP, jamovi, RevMan and R
References
Zotero vs Mendeley: which reference manager to choose
Search
Literature search strategy: Boolean operators, MeSH terms and truncation
Thesis and dissertation
Dissertation literature review: how to write it (and when to make it systematic)
Question
Inclusion and exclusion criteria: how to define them
By the numbers
How many systematic reviews are published each year?
Planning
How many studies does a systematic review need? There is no minimum
Planning
How long does a systematic review take?
Search
The best databases for systematic reviews
Extraction
Data extraction in a systematic review: table, process and common errors
