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Table 3 Methodological Quality Assessment for Inclusion in the study

From: Effects of physical exercise on working memory in older adults: a systematic and meta-analytic review

Study

Item1

Item2

Item3

Item4

Item5

Item6

Item7

Item8

Item9

Item10

Sum score

Brown 2009 [49]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

5

Eggenberger 2016 [28]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

9

Gothe 2016 [62]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

9

Albinet 2016 [29]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

5

Kalbe 2018 [50]

1

1

1

0

1

0

1

0

1

1

7

Liu-ambrose 2010 [37]

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

8

Hariprasad 2013 [43]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

5

Norouzi 201 9[38]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

5

Nouchi 2013 [51]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

10

Lachman 2006 [39]

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

7

Ferreira 2015 [30]

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

7

Vaughn 2014 [52]

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

7

Fabre 2002 [31]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

6

Shan 2016 [44]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

9

Li 2016 [45]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

10

Yang 2019 [46]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

5

Hong 2017 [40]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

6

Bae 2019 [53]

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

8

Damirchi 2018 [54]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

5

Donnezan 2018 [28]

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

6

Yoon 2018 [41]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

5

Eggermont 2009 [32]

1

1

1

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

8

Lam 2010 [47]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

9

Scherder 2005 [33]

1

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

7

Sungkarat 2016 [48]

1

1

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

7

Zhu 2018 [34]

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

8

Lü 2015 [42]

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

7

Nishiguchi 2015 [35]

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

6

  1. Item 1, randomization; Item 2, concealed allocation; Item 3, similar baseline; Item4, blinding of subjects; Item 5, blinding of therapists; Item 6, blinding of assessors; Item 7, more than 85% retention; Item 8, intent-to-treat analysis; Item 9, between-group comparison; Item 10, point measure and measures of variability; 1, explicitly described and present in details; 0, absent, inadequately described, or unclear