Table 1 Quality Analysis using PEDro-Scale (Cross indicates study did not meet this criteria)
Eligibility Criteria Specified (Not included in final score) | Randomly Allocated | Allocation Concealed | Similar Baseline Measure-ments | Blinding of Assessors | Less than 15% dropout both groups | Intention to Treat | Statistical Comparisons | Variability Measures | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avila et al. [67] | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 |
Butler et al. [68] | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 |
Cupples et al. [69] | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Duscha et al. [70] | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | 4 |
Guiraud et al. [71] | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 |
Houle et al. [72] | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | 5 |
Skobel et al. [73] | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | 5 |
ter Hoeve et al. [52] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 |
Varnfield et al. [53] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | 5 |