Table 3 Study quality on the PEDro Scale of 9 studies
Study | Random allocation | Concealed allocation | Baseline similarity | Blind subjects | Blind therapists | Blind assessors | Adequate follow-up | Intention-to-threat analysis | Between-group comparisons | Point estimates and variability | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liu et al. 2022 [44] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 7 |
Choi et al. 2021 [6] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 6 |
Sun et al. 2021 [43] | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6 |
Gu et al. 2020 [45] | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 6 |
Yoo and Pyun 2018 [47] | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | 5 |
Guillén-Solà et al. 2017 [22] | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 6 |
Yu et al. 2016 [46] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8 |
Kulnik et al. 2015 [49] | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 7 |
Messaggi-Sartor et al. 2015 [48] | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 8 |