Table 3.
PEDro Scale
| PEDro ratings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First author | 1* | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total† |
| Ades30 | Yes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Dalleck31 | Yes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Giallauria25 | Yes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Koreniowska-Kubacka22 | Yes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kraal19 | Yes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Paneroni32 | Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Piotrowicz33 | Yes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sparks23 | Yes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Varnfield34 | Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Note: Mean (SD) of the Total Pedro ratings is 5.1 (0.6).
*
The first item refers to external validity, but is not included in the total PEDro score.
†
Each item is given 1 point for a yes answer. Maximum total score is 10.
PEDro=Physiotherapy Exercise Database.