Was it a good idea to combine the studies? Why clinicians should care about heterogeneity when making decisions based on systematic reviews

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
• ² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ³ Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ⁴ Department of Physiotherapy, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
• ⁵ Division of Physiotherapy, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
• ⁶ School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.