{
  "abstract": "We commend Jacobs et al for their article, ‘Risk factors for cervical artery dissection: a systematic review with meta-analysis’, which addresses this important topic through a comprehensive review. The authors report adherence to guidelines outlined by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) for aetiology, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 statement, and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) for observational studies. While the review transparently describes methodological challenges and cautions readers about the low certainty of evidence, in our view, it does not fully adhere to the methodological and reporting standards outlined by these guidelines. Moreover, we highlight key methodological limitations of the review.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Science, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada",
        "Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Joshua Plener"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "INSERM, ISPED, Centre INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health, Universite de Bordeaux College Sciences de la Sante, Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France"
      ],
      "name": "L. Rachid Salmi"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Epidemiology, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "J. David Cassidy"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Science, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Carol Cancelliere"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Science, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Melissa Atkinson-Graham"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Et Liv i Bevegelse (ELiB), The Norwegian Chiropractors’ Research Foundation, Oslo, Norway",
        "Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Karolinska Institute Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden"
      ],
      "name": "Iben Axén"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Science, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Nora Bakaa"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center (OIOC), New York University, New York, New York, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Marco Campello"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Muscle and Joint Health, University of Southern Denmark Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Odense, Region Syddanmark, Denmark",
        "Chiropractic Knowledge Hub, Odense, Denmark"
      ],
      "name": "Jan Hartvigsen"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Epidemiology, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada",
        "University of Zurich Institute of Epidemiology Biostatistics and Prevention, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Cesar Hincapié"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Science, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada",
        "Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Sheilah Hogg-Johnson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden",
        "Department of Health Promotion Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden"
      ],
      "name": "Fred Johansson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Science, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada",
        "Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Silvano Mior"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Et Liv i Bevegelse (ELiB), The Norwegian Chiropractors’ Research Foundation, Oslo, Norway",
        "Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway"
      ],
      "name": "Cecilie K Øverås"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Science, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada",
        "Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Heather Shearer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Karolinska Institute Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden",
        "Department of Health Promotion Science, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden"
      ],
      "name": "Eva Skillgate"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Division of Neurology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Manav V Vyas"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Science, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada",
        "Division of Epidemiology, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Pierre Côté"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Letter to the editor: risk factors for cervical artery dissection – a systematic review with meta-analysis",
  "uid": "a270c473-19be-5807-8fe7-64cc1ab47ff6"
}