Table 3 PEDro criteria and summary of quality assessment scores of Included studies (n = 8)
Criteria | (Ashburn et al., 2007) [7] | (Smania et al., 2010) [8] | (Protas et al., 2005) [24] | (Schlenstedt et al., 2015) [27] | (Conradsson et al., 2015) [25] | (Shen and Mak, 2014) [29] | (Allen et al., 2010) [26] | (Cakit et al., 2007) [28] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eligibility criteria | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Random allocation | 1 Block | 1 block | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Allocation concealed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Baseline similarity | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Patient blinding | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Therapist blinding | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assessor blinding | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
<15 % drop outs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
ITT analysis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Between group comparison reported | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Post intervention point & variability measures | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 8/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 6/10 | 8/10 | 5/10 | 8/10 | 5/10 |