Table 1.
Quality Of Clinical Studies On rESWT And LBP
Authors | PEDro Scale* [Points] | Limitations |
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Tomska et al17 | 3/10 | No blind subject; no blind therapist; no blind assessors; no adequate follow-up; no intention-to-treat analysis; no point estimates and variability |
Lin et al18 | 6/10 | No baseline comparability; no blind therapist; no blind assessors; no adequate follow-up |
Han et al19 | 3/10 | No blind subject; no blind therapist; no blind assessors; no adequate follow-up; no intention-to-treat analysis; no point estimates and variability |
Lee et al20 | 3/10 | No blind subject; no blind therapist; no blind assessors; no adequate follow-up; no intention-to-treat analysis; no point estimates and variability |
Note: *According to Physiotherapy Evidence Database methodology