Table A2.
Consensus Modified Coleman Methodology Score (MCMS) of Evidence Quality by Study
| Blood Flow Restriction | Supplement | Tourniquet | Nerve Block | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takarada31 (2000) | Iverson15 (2016) | Ohta26 (2003) | Tyler33 (2004) | Laboute19 (2013) | Barker6 (2009) | Kokki17 (2000) | Appell2 (1993) | Nicholas25 (2001) | Faggal11 (2015) | Arciero3 (1996) | Abdallah1 (2016) | Magnussen24 (2017) | Okoroha27 (2018) | Runner30 (2018) | |
| MCMS part A | |||||||||||||||
| Study size—No. of patients | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Mean follow-up | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percentage of patients with follow-up | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| No. of interventions per group | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Type of study | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Diagnostic certainty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Description of surgical technique | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Description of postoperative rehabilitation | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MCMS Part B | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Outcome criteria | |||||||||||||||
| Outcome measures clearly defined | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Timing of outcome assessment clear | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Use of outcome criteria with reported good reliability | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Use of outcome with good sensitivity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Procedure for reporting outcomes | |||||||||||||||
| Patients recruited | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Independent investigator | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Written assessment | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Patient-centered data collected | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3. Description of patient selection process | |||||||||||||||
| Selection criteria reported and unbiased | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Recruitment rate reported and ≥80% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eligible patients not included in the study satisfactorily accounted for | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Total MCMS a | 48 | 60 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 58 | 55 | 43 | 66 | 64 | 71 | 67 | 60 | 69 | 55 |
aMedian score, 64; range, 43-71.