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Intra-Articular versus Subacromial Corticosteroid Injection for the Treatment of Adhesive Capsulitis: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review
Table 2
Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale was used for the quality evaluation of the included studies.
| Study | Random allocation | Concealed allocation | Baseline comparability | Blind subject | Blind clinician | Blind assessor | Adequate follow-up | Intention-to-treat analysis | Between-group analysis | Point estimates and variability | Total score |
| Sun et al. [21] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Goyal et al. [20] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Khallaf et al. [22] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Cho et al. [2] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Yoon et al. [19] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Ghorai et al. [18] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Shin and Lee [17] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Oh et al. [16] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Rizk et al. [15] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
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