Table 3.

Moderator analysis comparing average pooled effect size for different training frequencies

Moderator	Pooled SMDpre estimate (95% CrI)	Probability	Study VPC (75% CrI)	Outcome VPC (75% CrI)	Measurement occasion VPC (75% CrI)	Confidence in evidence
Large effect outcomes
Less than daily (270 outcomes 45 treatment arms)	1.5 (1.3 to 1.7)	p (less than daily > once per day) = 0.992	0.77 (0.71 to 0.82)	0.19 (0.15 to 0.24)	0.04 (0.00 to 0.08)	Low
Once per day (192 outcomes 33 treatment arms)	1.0 (0.69 to 1.3)	p (once per day < more than once per day) = 0.678				Moderate
More than once per day (305 outcomes 51 treatment arms)	1.2 (1.0 to 1.4)	p (less than daily > more than once per day) = 0.951				Moderate
Small effect outcomes
Less than daily (174 outcomes 25 treatment arms)	0.60 (0.46 to 0.74)	p (less than daily > once per day) = 0.999	0.67 (0.58 to 0.74)	0.30 (0.23 to 0.39)	0.02 (0.00 to 0.06)	Moderate
Once per day (156 outcomes 20 treatment arms)	0.28 (0.10 to 0.45)	p (once per day < more than once per day) = 0.802				Moderate
More than once per day (107 outcomes 19 treatment arms)	0.39 (0.22 to 0.53)	p (less than daily > more than once per day) =0.976				Low

Results presented across all tendinopathies combined.

Large effects: Effect sizes obtained from outcomes measuring: (1) Disability; (2) Pain on loading/activity; (3) Pain without further specification; (4) Function; and (5) Pain over a specified time. Small effects: Effect sizes obtained from outcomes measuring: (1) Quality of Life and (2) Physical functional capacity.

CrI, credible interval; VPC, variance partition coefficient.