Table 2.
Assessment of Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) criteria
| Study | 1 Eligibility | 2 Randomized | 3 Concealed | 4 Baseline | 5 Blinding subjects | 6 Blinding therapists | 7 Blinding assessors | 8 Outcomes >85% | 9 Intention to treat analysis | 10 Between group comparisons | 11 Measures of variability | Score |
| Hopkins et al
13
2002 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Rice et al
14
2009 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Hart et al
15
2014 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Kuenze et al
16
2017 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Lowe and Dong26
2017 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Hart et al
21
2014 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Lepley et al
17
2015 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Lepley et al
18
2015 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Glaviano et al
27
2014 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Son et al
19
2016 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Konishi et al
20
2017 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Pamukoff et al
22
2016 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Blackburn et al
23
2014 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Norte et al
24
2015 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Gibbons et al
28
2010 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Kim et al
29
2017 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Oliveira et al
30
2016 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Davis et al
31
2011 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Drover et al
32
2004 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ageberg et al
33
2012 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Warner et al
34
2013 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |