Table 2.
Methodological quality scores of included studies (The PEDro scale).
| Study | 1. Random allocation | 2. Concealed allocation | 3. Baseline comparability | 4. Blinding subject | 5. Blinding therapist | 6. Blinding assessor | 7. Outcome data >85% | 8. Intention to treat | 9. Between group results | 10. Point measures/measures of variability | PEDro total score | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baskurt et al. (46) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Fair |
| Dabholkar et al. (47) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Low |
| Hotta et al. (48) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Good |
| Moezy et al. (49) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Good |
| Park et al. (50) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Fair |
| Shah et al. (51) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Fair |
| Struyf et al. (52) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Good |
| Letafatkar et al. (53) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Good |
| Turgut et al. (54) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Fair |
PEDro, Physiotherapy Evidence Database. Item 1 is not used in the method score; 1 = Yes; 0 = No.