Table 2.
Scores of the methodological quality assessment.
| References | Jacobs et al. (51) | Peng et al. (52) | Warburton et al. (47) | Rodrigues et al. (50) | Rahayu et al. (48) | Russell et al. (53) | Douris et al. (54) | De Brito-Gomes et al. (49) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligibility criteria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Random allocation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Allocation concealment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baseline comparability | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Blind participants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blind therapist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blind assessor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Follow-up | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Intention to treat analysis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Between group comparisons | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Point measure and variability | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total PEDro score | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |