Table 2 Risk of bias in individual studies as measured using the PEDro scale
No | Authors | Year | Eligibility | Random allocation | Concealed | Baseline similarity | Blinding(P) | Blinding (T) | Blinding (A) | Dropout | ITT | Group comparison | Point measures and variability data | PEDro total score | Quality rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yoon | 2018 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 5/10 | Fair |
2 | Furtado | 2020 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8/10 | Good |
3 | Kwan | 2020 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8/10 | Good |
4 | Lee | 2020 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 7/10 | Good |
5 | Chen | 2021 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | 7/10 | Good |
6 | Jiayuan | 2021 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | 8/10 | Good |
7 | Murukesu | 2021 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8/10 | Good |
8 | Kwan | 2021 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8/10 | Good |