Table 3 Summary of findings (SoF) table
Certainty assessment | Summary of findings | ||||||||||
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№ of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Publication bias | № of patients | Effect | Quality of evidence | ||
Intervention | Control | Absolute [95% CI] | |||||||||
Isometric knee extension, follow up | |||||||||||
4 | RCT | 1 serious | No serious | No serious | 1 serious | No serious | 101 | 100 | 0.47 [ 0.12, 0.83] | Low ⨁⨁□□ | a,e |
Knee extension strength (RM), follow-up | |||||||||||
3 | RCT | No serious | 1 serious | No serious | 1 serious | No serious | 46 | 46 | -0.08 [-0.71, 0.54] | Low ⨁⨁□□ | c,e |
Leg press strength (RM), follow-up | |||||||||||
4 | RCT | 1 serious | 1 serious | No serious | 1 serious | No serious | 46 | 46 | -0.17 [-0.97, 0.63] | Very low ⨁□□□ | a,c,e |
Sit-to-stand, follow-up | |||||||||||
2 | RCT | 1 serious | No serious | No serious | 1 serious | No serious | 60 | 60 | -0.02 [-0.76, 0.71] | Low ⨁⨁□□ | a,e |
Quadriceps, cross sectional area | |||||||||||
4 | RCT | 1 serious | No serious | No serious | 1 serious | No serious | 86 | 85 | -0.10 [-0.42, 0.31] | Low ⨁□□□ | c,d |
Patient-reported Pain, follow-up | |||||||||||
2 | RCT | 2 serious | No serious | No serious | 2 serious | No serious | 103 | 103 | 0.61 [-0.90, 2.12] | Very low ⨁□□□ | a,b,d,e |
Patient-reported Function, follow-up | |||||||||||
4 | RCT | 2 serious | 1 serious | No serious | 2 serious | No serious | 32 | 32 | -0.13 [-0.62, 0.36] | Very low ⨁□□□ | a,b,d,e |