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. 2022 Oct 22;19(21):13734. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192113734

Table 1.

Methodological quality of the included articles assessed by using the PEDro scale.

Eligibility Criteria Random Allocation Concealed Allocation Similar groups at Baseline Subjects Blinding Therapists Blinding Assessors Blinding Outcome Measures Obtained Intention-to-Treat Analysis Between-Group Statistical Comparisons Point Measures and Measures of Variability Total Score
Ahmadi et al., 2020 [13] Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No 6/10
Chinn et al., 1994 [19] No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes 4/10
Johnson et al., 1999 [22] Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes 4/10
Lundblad et al., 1999 [23] Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes 4/10
Lundqvist et al., 2014 [14] Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes 6/10
Nambi et al., 2014 [24] Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes 4/10
Palmer, 2017 [18] Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No 3/10
Paolucci et al., 2017 [15] No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes 7/10
Quintero et al., 2009 [25] No Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes 4/10
Smith et al., 2001 [16] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes 6/10
Stephens et al., 2001 [26] Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes 4/10
Teixeira-Machado et al., 2015 [27] No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes 5/10
Teixeira-Machado et al., 2017 [28] No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes 5/10
Torres-Unda et al., 2017 [21] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes 5/10
Ullmann et al., 2010 [20] Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes 5/10
Vrantsidis et al., 2009 [17] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes 7/10