Table 2.

Methodological Quality of included studies.

Study ID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	total
Webright, W. G. 1997	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Bandy, W. D. 1998	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Herman, S. L. 2008	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	2
O'Sullivan, K. 2009	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Amiri-Khorasani, M. 2011	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Behm, D. G. 2011	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Perrier, E. T. 2011	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Silveira, G. 2011	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	7
Samson, M. 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Morrin, N. 2013	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Chen. 2015	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	4
C Kurt. 2015	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Chaouachi, A. 2015	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Su, Hsuan 2016	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Matsuo, S. 2019	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Zhou, Wen Sheng 2019	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	5
Fakhro, M. A. 2020	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Ferreira-Junior, Joao B. 2021	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	5
Lee, Jin Hyuck 2021	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	6
Siebert, T. 2022	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Gunaydin, G. 2020	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Vasileiou 2013	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Zmijewski, P. 2020	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Amber Magner 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Philip Ford 2007	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Jesus López 2013	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Cem Kurt 2016	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6

1: eligibility criteria were specified. 2: subjects were randomly allocated to groups. 3: allocation was concealed. 4: the groups were similar at baseline regarding the most important prognostic indicators. 5: there was blinding of all subjects. 6: there was blinding of all therapists. 7: there was blinding of all assessors. 8: measures of at least one key outcome were obtained from more than 85% of the subjects initially allocated to groups. 9: all subjects for whom outcome measures were available received the treatment or control condition as allocated. 10: the results of between-group statistical comparisons are reported for at least one key outcome. 11: the study provides both point measures and measures of variability for at least one key outcome.