Table 4.
Methodological scores by Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale.
| Studies | PEDro criterion | Total score | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Ades et al. (2011) [23] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Baynard et al. (2009) [24] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Bhutani et al. (2013) [25] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Blumenthal et al. (2010) [26] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Choo et al. (2014) [27] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Cotie et al. (2014) [28] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Davison et al. (2008) [29] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Fayh et al. (2013) [30] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Franklin et al. (2015) [31] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Hamdy et al. (2003) [32] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kwon et al. (2011) [33] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Olson et al. (2006) [34] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Pugh et al. (2014) [35] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Robinson et al. (2016) [36] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Swift et al. (2012) [37] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Vinet et al. (2011) [38] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Wycherley et al. (2008) [39] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
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| Total | 16 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 17 | |
Note. Each number of PEDro criterion is represented as follows: 1: inclusion and source; 2: random allocation; 3: concealed allocation; 4: baseline comparability; 5: blinded subjects; 6: blinded therapists; 7: blinded assessors; 8: outcomes for >85%; 9: intention-to-treat analysis; 10: between-group comparisons; 11: mean and variability data.