Table 3.

Methodological quality assessment (PEDro scale).

Studies	Inclusion Criteria	Random Allocation	Concealed Allocation	Groups Similar at Baseline	Blinded Participants	Blinded Therapist	Blinded Investigators	Data from >85% of Participants	Intention to Treat	Between Group Comparison	Estimation of Effect and Variability	TOTAL
Ballesta-Garcia, 2019 [11]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Ballesta-Garcia, 2020 [12]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Blackwell et al., 2017 [20]	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	7
Connolly et al., 2020 [18]	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6
Engel et al., 2019 [22]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Evangelista et al., 2019 [23]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Evangelista et al., 2021 [24]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5
Islam et al., 2019 [25]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Jimenez-Garcia et al., 2019 [21]	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7
Lu et al., 2021 [26]	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
McRae et al., 2012 [16]	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4
Menz et al., 2019 [27]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5
Micielska et al., 2019 [28]	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5
Murawska-Cialowicz et al., 2020 [29]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Schaun et al., 2018 [13]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Schaun et al., 2019 [14]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Schmidt et al., 2016 [30]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Sperlich et al., 2018 [31]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Wilke et al., 2019 [17]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Batrakoulis et al., 2018 [32]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Jung et al., 2019 [33]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Scott et al., 2019 [34]	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5