Table 2.
PEDro scores.
| References | PEDro item | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | |
| Boggio et al. (43) | Yes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Fleming et al. (44) | Yes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Fregni et al. (46) | No | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Hesse et al. (45) | Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Khedr et al. (53) | Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Kim et al. (47) | Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Nair et al. (48) | Yes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Nicolo et al. (49) | Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Rocha et al. (50) | Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Stagg et al. (51) | Yes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Zimerman et al. (52) | Yes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Total number of studies | 11 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | ||
a
Not included in the total score.
PEDro items: 1, eligibility criteria specified; 2, participants randomly allocated to groups; 3, allocation concealed; 4, groups similar at baseline; 5, participants were blinded; 6, therapists were blinded; 7, assessors were blinded; 8, data available for more than 85% of participants; 9, participants received the treatment as allocated or intention-to-treat analysis was used; 10, statistical analyses were reported; 11, point measures and variability of data reported; 0, no; 1, yes.