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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2017 Feb 2;26(6):1103–1112. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.11.038

Table IV.

MINORS scores

Criteria Score
Harvie et al.6 (2004) Gwilym et al.5 (2009) Tashjian et al.24 (2009) Tashjian et al.26 (2014) Motta et al.13 (2014) Teerlink et al.27 (2015) Tashjian et al.25 (2016)
A clearly stated aim 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Inclusion of consecutive patients 2 2 2 0 2 2 2
Prospective collection of data 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
End points appropriate to the aim of study 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Unbiased assessment of the study end point 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Follow-up period appropriate to the aim of study 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Loss to follow-up <5% 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Prospective calculation of the study size 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Adequate control group 2 2 2 1 2 1 1
Contemporary group 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Baseline equivalence of groups 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Adequate statistical analysis 2 1 2 1 2 2 2
Total 22 21 20 16 22 18 18

MINORS = Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies