Table 2.
Methodological Quality of Included Studies (PEDro Scale)
| Arnold et al.32 |
Chien et al.6 |
Hongo et al.33 |
Grahn Kronhed et al.34 |
Liu-Ambrose et al.35 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Eligibility criteria specified* | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 2. Random subject allocation | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 3. Allocation was concealed | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| 4. Groups were similar at baseline | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 5. Blinding of all subjects | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6. Blinding of therapists administering therapy | N | N | N | N | N |
| 7. Blinding of assessors | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 8. Measures obtained from more than 85% of initial subjects | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 9. All subjects received treatment or control. If not, data analyzed by “intention to treat” | Y | Y | N | Y | N |
| 10. Results of between-group comparisons reported for at least one key outcome | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 11. Provides both point measures and measures of variability for one key outcome | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| TOTAL SCORE: | 7/10 | 7/10 | 5/10 | 7/10 | 6/10 |
*
PEDro item 1 is not used to calculate the overall PEDro score.
Y=Yes; N=No.