Table 2 Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scores of the 20 included studies
Authors | Eligibility criteria | Random allocation | Concealed allocation | Baseline comparability | Blind subjects | Blind therapists | Blind assessor | Adequate follow-up dropout < 15% | Intention-to- treat analysis | Between-group comparisons | Point estimates and variability | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allen et al. (2010) [31] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Allen et al. (2017) [36] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Ashburn et al. (2007) [27] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Caglar et al. (2005) [28] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Canning et al. (2012) [14] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Chivers Seymour et al. (2019) [26] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Collett et al. (2017) [15] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Goodwin et al. (2011) [29] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Johansson et al. (2022) [9] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Khalil et al. (2017) [23] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Khobkhun et al. (2021) [32] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Morris et al. (2017) [30] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Nieuwboer et al. (2007) [22] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Song et al. (2018) [25] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Stack et al. (2012) [33] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Tickle-Degnen et al. (2010) [34] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
van der Kolk et al. (2018) [24] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
van der Kolk et al. (2019) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Vasconcellos et al. (2021) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Xiao and Zhuang (2016) [35] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Mean ± SD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.8 ± 0.95 |