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Table 2
Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale criteria and scores for the trails.
| | Kim et al., 2009 [23] | Yang et al., 2011 [24] | Cho et al., 2012 [25] | Cho and Lee, 2013 [26] | Fritz et al., 2013 [27] | Cho and Lee, 2014 [28] | McEwen et al., 2014 [29] | Morone et al., 2014 [30] | Lloréns et al., 2015 [31] |
| Random allocation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Concealed allocation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Baseline comparability | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Subject blinded | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Therapists blinded | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Assessor blinded | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Data for at least 1 outcome from >85% of subjects | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | No missing data or, if missing, intention-to-treat analysis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Between-group analysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Point estimates and variability | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total score (/10) | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
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1 = yes; 0 = no.
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