Table 3.

Physiotherapy Evidence Database Scale Individual Items and Quality Index Scores for the Included Articles

Item	Vicenzino et al28 (2006)	Hoch and McKeon16 (2011)	Hoch et al15 (2012)	Beazell et al29 (2012)	Harkey et al19 (2014)	Gilbreath et al18 (2014)	Cruz-Díaz et al26 (2015)	McKeon and Wikstrom20 (2016)	Powden et al27 (2017)
1. Random allocation	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
2. Allocation concealed	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
3. Similar at baseline	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
4. Blinding of all subjects	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
5. Blinding of all therapists	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
6. Blinding of all assessors	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
7. More than 85% of follow up	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
8. Intention to treat	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
9. Between-groups statistical comparison	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
10. Point measures and variability	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
11. Eligibility criteria indicated	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yes, No. (%)a	7 (70)	8 (80)	4 (40)	6 (60)	8 (80)	4 (40)	7 (70)	6 (60)	8 (80)
Level of evidence	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2

^aScores are based on items 1 through 10.