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. 2020 Jun 21;17(12):4451. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17124451

Table 1.

Risk of bias according to the PEDro Scale.

Study Response to Each Item Level of Evidence
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Score
Cecchini et al., 2019 Y N Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y 7
Fernández-Argüelles and González-González de Mesa, 2018 N N N N Y N N Y Y Y N 4
Navarro-Patón et al., 2017 Y N N Y Y N N Y Y Y N 5
Fernández-Río et al., 2017 Y N Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y 7
Fernández-Río et al., 2014 Y N Y N Y N N Y Y Y Y 6

Y: criterion fulfilled; N: criterion not fulfilled; 1: eligibility criteria were defined; 2: the participants were randomly distributed to groups; 3: the assigned was concealed; 4: the groups were similar before the intervention (at baseline); 5: all participants were blinded; 6: therapists (teachers) who conducted the intervention were blinded; 7: there was blinding of all evaluators; 8: the measures of at least one of the fundamental outcomes were attained from more than 85% of the participants initially; 9:” intention to treat” analysis was conducted on all participants who received the control condition or treatment as assigned; 10: the findings of statistical comparisons between groups were reported for at least one fundamental outcome; 11: the study gives variability and punctual measures for at least one fundamental outcome; total score: each satisfied item (except the first) adds 1 point to the total score.