Table 2.
Methodological quality evaluation of the clinical trials using the PEDro scale and the Cochrane risk of bias tool for assessing the risk of bias in randomized trials.
| Bias AnalysisTtable for RCTs (Cochrane Collaboration) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUTHORS | Selection bias | Realization bias | Detection bias | Wear bias | Notification bias | Others | OUTCOME | |||||
| Coulson et al. (2012) [24] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | 2 | |||||
| Scale “Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)” to analyze the methodological quality of clinical studies | ||||||||||||
| AUTHORS | Specified selection criteria | Randomization | Hidden assignment | Similar groups to start | Blinded patients | Blinded therapists | Blinded raters | Outcomes 85% | Treatment or intention to treat | Comparison between groups | Point measures variability | OUTCOME |
| Coulson et al. (2012) [24] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7 |