Table 2.
Quality assessment criteria
| No. | Items | Scoring | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | Was the main question or objective clearly described? | No | Yes | |
| 2 | Was the study population clearly specified and defined (age, gender, training status, stated inclusion/exclusion criteria)? | No | Partly | Yes |
| 3 | Was the sample size justified? | No | Yes | |
| 4 | Main measured variables clearly described in the Introduction or Method section? | No | Partly | Yes |
| 5 | Locomotor activity variables clearly defined (thresholds, ranges). | No | Partly | Yes |
| 6 | Were the validity and reliability of the main variables measurements discussed? | No | Partly | Yes |
| 7 | Were the methods (included the statistical methods) sufficiently described to enable the study replication? | No | Partly | Yes |
| 8 | Does the study provide estimates of the random variability in the data for the main outcomes (i.e. confidence intervals, standard deviations)? | No | Partly | Yes |
| 9 | Were all the tested associations reported? | No | Yes | |
| 10 | Were the study limitations discussed? | No | Partly | Yes |