Table 1.

Summary of tools sourced in this review.

Research design focus of critical appraisal tools		Critical appraisal tools with summary scores
Secondary studies	Systematic reviews/meta-analyses [2-5,15-36,116]	All study designs [1,18,41,96-102,116]	Summary score [18,41,96,97,116]
Primary studies	Experimental studies [2-4,19,25-27,34,37-73]		No summary score [1,98-102]
	Diagnostic studies [19,74-79]	Experimental studies	Summary score [19,37-59]
	Observational studies [2,3,7,19,25,66,72,80-86]		No summary score [2-4,25,27,28,34,60-73]
	Qualitative studies [9,26,66,87-90]	Diagnostic studies	Summary score [16,74-77]
	Experimental & Observational studies [9,91-102]		No summary score [78,79]
		Qualitative studies	Summary score [87]
			No summary score [9,26,66,88-90]
		Experimental and observational studies	Summary score [91-93]
			No summary score [9,94,95]