Table 4.

Moderator analysis comparing average pooled effect size for binary resistance volume categorisation

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
Lower volume (377 outcomes 63 treatment arms)	1.5 (1.3 to 1.7)	p (higher volume < lower vol) = 0.995	0.80 (0.74 to 0.85)	0.17 (0.13 to 0.21)	0.03 (0.00 to 0.07)	Moderate
Higher volume (355 outcomes 60 treatment arms)	1.2 (0.95 to 1.3)					Moderate
Small effect outcomes
Lower volume (224 outcomes 34 treatment arms)	0.56 (0.37 to 0.74)	p (higher volume < lower vol) = 0.782	0.71 (0.63 to 0.78)	0.27 (0.20 to 0.35)	0.02 (0.00 to 0.05)	Moderate
Higher volume (183 outcomes 25 treatment arms)	0.42 (0.26 to 0.59)					Moderate

Results presented across all tendinopathies and individual tendinopathies.

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.