Table A.2.
Assessment of Human Trial Quality: PEDro Scale*.
| Reference | 1. Eligibility criteria specified |
2. Random allocation |
3. Concealed allocation |
4. Groups similar at baseline |
5. Subject blindig |
6. Therapist blinding |
7. Assess or blinding |
8. Less than 15% dropouts |
9. Intention -to- treat analysis |
10. Between- group statistical comparisons |
11. Point measures and variability data |
Totala |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant/Child | ||||||||||||
| (Rinne et al., 2006) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| (Indrio et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| (Cekola et al., 2015) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Sung et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Weizman and Alsheikh, 2006) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Akar et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| (Ringel-Kulka et al., 2015) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Older Adult | ||||||||||||
| (Ostlund-Lagerstrom et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (Benton et al., 2007) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Chung et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| (Pellino et al., 2013) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| (Akbari et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Young/Middle-Aged Adult | ||||||||||||
| (Kato-Kataoka et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Takada et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Takada et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Rao et al., 2009) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| (Reale et al., 2012) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Bajaj et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Kelly et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| (Sanchez et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Michalickova et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| (Culpepper et al., 2016; Langkamp-Henken et al., 2015) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (Slykerman et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (Childs et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Choi et al., 2011) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| (Lorenzo-Zuniga et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Lyra et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (Spiller et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Dapoigny et al., 2012) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (Nishihira et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Nobutani et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Pinto-Sanchez et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Yang et al., 2016b) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| (Fujimori et al., 2009) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| (Steenberg en et al., 2015) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Moller et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| (Tillisch et al., 2013) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| (Mohammadi et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Messaoudi et al., 2011a; Messaoudi et al., 2011b) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| (Diop et al., 2008) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Romijn et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Akkasheh et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (Dickerson et al., 2014; Severance et al., 2017; Tomasik et al., 2015) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| (De Lorenzo et al., 2017) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Kouchaki et al., 2016) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| (Feher et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| (Lee et al., 2014) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| (Malaguarnera et al., 2010) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
*
As reported by Maher et al. (2003).
a
Mean total score = 9.5 (SD 1.2). Interquartile range 9-11.