TABLE 3.
PEDro score of the trials included
| PEDro score | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference (study) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | Total |
| ZhangLiantao (2019) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| De‐Cai Tian (2018) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Zilong Zhu (2015) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Ying Fu (2014) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| De‐Cai Tian (2017) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
PEDro: The Physiotherapy Evidence Database. The PEDro scale criteria are as follows: (1) random allocation, (2) concealed allocation, (3) baseline comparability, (4) blinding of patients, (5) blinding of therapist, (6) blinding of assessor, (7) adequate follow‐up, (8) intention‐to‐treat analysis, (9) between‐group comparison, (10) point estimate and variability. 0, absent; 1, present.