TABLE 1.
Physiotherapy evidence Database (PEDro) scores for randomized controlled trials evaluating acute whiplash-associated disorder therapies
| Reference, year |
PEDro criteria |
Total score | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RA | CA | BS | SB | TB | AB | AF | ITT | BC | PVM | ||
| Ferrari et al (11), 2005 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Pettersson and Toolanen (30), 1998 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Foley-Nolan et al (31), 1992 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Vassiliou et al (15), 2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | |||
| Kongsted et al (12), 2008 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | ||||
| McKinney et al (14), 1989 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | ||||
| Kongsted et al (23), 2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | ||||
| Mealy et al (22), 1986 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | ||||
| Dehner et al (28), 2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | |||||
| Schnabel et al (19), 2004 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | |||||
| Aigner et al (33), 2006 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | |||||
| Borchgrevink et al (26), 1998 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | |||||
| Rosenfeld et al (20), 2000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||||
| Dehner et al (27), 2009 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||||
| Soderlund (17), 2000 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||||
| Thuile and Walzl (32), 2002 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||||
AB Assessor blinding; AF Adequate follow-up; BC Between-group comparisons; BS Baseline similarity; CA Concealed allocation; ITT Intention-to-treat analysis; PVM Point estimates and variability reported; RA Random allocation; SB Subject blinding; TB Therapist blinding