Could Cochrane review criteria be useful here? http://www.cochrane.org/

Thanks Edwin, but Cochrane studies used often QUADAS, which is not suitable in Case-control designs!

Have you heard of STARD?  And another adaptation from a critical review of Quadas is reported here for doing systematic reviews of diagnostic tests. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/3/25

 Forgive my naivete regarding QUADAS, but isn't the point about case control studies, based upon QUADAS, that they are to be avoided, when possible, due to inherent problems with selection bias? 

Quadas is suitable for diagnostic case control studies

Dear Penny, Edwin

there are some issues in QUADAS that do not fit to case-control designs. In especial if phenomenon are examined without a clear reference, like "movement control of the cervical spine". Issues like selection and spectrum cannot easily applied to these desin. We allowed us, to adapt your QUADAS tool for case-control designs without a clear reference standard. Find that adapted file, attached. We would appreciate your comment on that, or other specific information, publications, which address that issue more specifically.

Thanks in advance

The adaptation appears reasonable in most items, though all the n/a's excepting perhaps #11, may need a bit of explanation to understand why, and probably depends on other design details that are not apparent.  Fundamentally, I think most reviewers will respect the attempt to use something of an emergent standard, and with clear explanation of the need to adapt, and will probably be more than understanding.  Best of luck.