Table 4.

Methodological quality [physiotherapy evidence database (PEDro) scale] and levels of evidence [centre for evidence-based medicine (CEBM)] of included studies.

Reference	Present criteria on PEDro scale	Total score on PEDro scale	Level of evidence (CEBM)
Ternström et al. (23)	2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11	8/10	2b
Leppänen et al. (24)	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11	9/10	1b
D’haeseleer et al. (25)	2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11	8/10	2b
Anhaia et al. (26)	2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11	7/10	2b
Kennard et al. (27)	2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11	7/10	2b
Fachinatto et al. (21)	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11	10/10	2b
Silvério et al. (28)	2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11	8/10	2b
Yiu et al. (22)	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11	9/10	1b