Systematic review found AMSTAR, but not R(evised)-AMSTAR, to have good measurement properties.

Objectives: To summarize all available evidence on measurement properties in terms of reliability, validity, and feasibility of the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) tool, including R(evised)-AMSTAR.

Study Design And Setting: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Psycinfo, and CINAHL were searched for studies containing information on measurement properties of the tools in October 2013. We extracted data on study characteristics and measurement properties.

Overviews of reviews often have limited rigor: a systematic review.

Objective: To examine published overviews of systematic reviews in terms of descriptive and methodological characteristics.

Study Design And Setting: MEDLINE, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and several Health Technology Assessment databases were searched for overviews of reviews up to February 2012. We extracted data from the methods and results sections of the included overviews.

Climbing for preventing and treating health problems: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Objective: To summarize the best available evidence on effectiveness of therapeutic or sport climbing in preventing or treating health problems.

Methods: We searched Medline, Embase, CENTRAL, PsycINFO, PEDro, OTseeker and SportDiscus for randomized controlled trials published up to December 26, 2010. We included all trials assessing patient-relevant outcomes.