Table 2.
PEDro quality scale.
| Source | Item 1 | Item 2 | Item 3 | Item 4 | Item 5 | Item 6 | Item 7 | Item 8 | Item 9 | Item 10 | PEDro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song et al, 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7/10 |
| Tsang et al, 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7/10 |
| Lian et al, 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5/10 |
| Lavretsky et al, 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8/10 |
| Chan et al, 2013 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8/10 |
| Song et al, 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8/10 |
| Vazquez et al, 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5/10 |
| Wang et al, 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 510 |
| Wang et al, 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5/10 |
| Liu et al, 2015 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6/10 |
| Zhu et al, 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6/10 |
| Zhu et al, 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6/10 |
Note. Item 1: randomization; Item 2: concealed allocation; Item 3: similar baseline; Item 4: blinding of participants; Item 5: blinding of therapists; Item 6: blinding of assessors; Item 7: key outcome measures from more than 85% of subjects; Item 8: intention-to-treat; Item 9: between group difference; Item 10: point measures and measures of variability; 1: explicitly described and present in details; 0: absent, inadequately described, or unclear.