Priority topics

Priority topics

The group undertook a priority setting exercise in 2020 which identified the following topics for new reviews as high priorities. Potential authors should check whether there is an existing up-to-date high-quality systematic review before submitting an expression of interest.

  • Pharmacological therapies other than quinine and magnesium for muscle cramps
  • Treatment for muscle pain in neuromuscular disease
  • Interventions to improve quality of life/psychological interventions for carers of people with life-limiting neurological conditions [area of overlap with Cochrane Common Mental Disorders]
  • Physiotherapy and splinting for the prevention of contractures [area of overlap with Cochrane Musculoskeletal]
  • Liver transplantation for hereditary amyloid neuropathy
  • Treatment for radiation plexopathy
  • Surgical interventions for carpal tunnel syndrome: a network meta-analysis
  • B vitamins for treating peripheral neuropathy 
  • Treatments for congenital myasthenia
  • Serological, pharmacological, and electrophysiological tests for the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (DTA review)
  • FcRN inhibitors for myasthenia gravis
  • Immunosuppressive agents for myasthenia gravis
  • Cardiac management for myotonic dystrophy
  • Cell-based and gene transfer therapies for dystrophinopathies
  • Hydrotherapy for muscular dystrophy
  • Disease-modifying drugs for central nuclear myopathies
  • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for muscle diseases
  • Gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy
  • Gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease
  • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus endoscopic gastrostomy for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease
  • Pharmacological interventions for improving respiratory symptoms and function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease

List last updated 14/03/21