Table 2.
PEDro score (n = 10).
| Study | Random Allocation |
Concealed Allocation |
Groups Similar at Baseline | Participant Blinding | Therapist Blinding | Examiner Blinding | <15% Dropouts | Intention to Treat Analysis | Between Group Difference Reported |
Point Estimate and Variability Reported | Total (0–10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguiar et al. (2013) [27] | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | 8 |
| Alves et al. (2013) [28] | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | 7 |
| Bermon et al. (1998) [11] | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | 6 |
| Brose et al. (2003) [13] | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | 7 |
| Candow et al. (2015) [14] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | 8 |
| Chilibeck et al. (2015) [29] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 9 |
| Gualano et al. (2014) [30] | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | 7 |
| Johannsmeyer et al. (2016) [25] | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | 9 |
| Neves et al. (2011) [31] | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9 |
| Pinto et al. (2016) [12] | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | 7 |
Y: yes; N: no.