Table 5.

Methodological quality of included studies - part two

Author, yr	Reliability	Measurement error	Hypothesis testing	Criterion validity	Responsiveness
Functional capacity
Brunelli 2012 [43]	x	x	x	Fair	x
England 2012 [44]	x	x	Fair	x	x
Jones 2012 [40]	x	x	x	Excellent	x
Brunelli 2010 [31]	x	x	Excellent	x	x
Pancieri 2010 [22]	x	x	x	Fair	x
Kasymjanova 2009 [25]	x	x	x	Fair	x
Brunelli 2008a [34]	x	x	x	Excellent	x
Brunelli 2008b [33]	x	x	x	Excellent	x
Koegelenberg 2008 [29]	x	x	x	Fair	x
Nikolic 2008 [36]	x	x	x	Poor	x
Brunelli 2007 [20]	x	x	Fair	x	x
Mao 2007 [26]	x	x	Fair	Good	x
Saad 2007 [24]	x	x	x	Poor	x
Toker 2007 [37]	x	x	x	Excellent	x
Win 2006 [30]	x	x	Fair	Good	x
Brunelli 2005 [42]	x	x	x	Excellent	x
Brunelli 2004 [35]	x	x	x	Good	x
Win 2004 [64]	x	x	Poor	Poor	x
Brunelli 2003 [21]	x	x	x	Excellent	x
Parsons 2003 [39]	x	x	x	Good	x
Brunelli 2002 [32]	x	x	x	Excellent	x
Pate 1996 [38]	x	x	x	Poor	x
Pierce 1994 [23]	x	x	x	Poor	x
Holden 1992 [41]	x	x	x	Poor	x
Physical activity
Maddocks 2012 [47]	x	x	Poor	x	x
Novoa 2011 [51]	x	x	Poor	x	x
Grutsch 2011a, 2011b; Du-Quiton 2010 [48-50]	x	x	Fair	x	x
Maddocks 2010 [46]	x	x	Fair	x	x
Muscle strength				x	x
Trutschnigg 2008 [28]	Poor (intra-r)	x	x	x	x
Brown 2005 [53]	x	x	Fair	x	x
Knols 2002 [52]	Fair (inter-r)	Fair	x	x	x

Abbreviations: inter-r, inter-rater reliability; intra-r, intra-rater reliability; yr, year published.

x = not assessed.