Efficacy of Massage Therapy on Pain and Dysfunction in Patients with Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

PEDro scale of quality for included trials.

Study	Eligibility criteria	Random allocation	Concealed allocation	Similar at baseline	Subjects blinded	Therapists blinded	Assessors blinded	<15% dropouts	Intention-; to-treat analysis	Between-; group; comparisons	Point measures and variability data	Total
Irnich et al. [17]	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	7
Cen et al. [18]	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	6
Fryer and Hodgson [19]	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	6
Meseguer et al. [20]	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
Zaproudina et al. [21]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	9
Blikstad and Gemmell [22]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	6
Zuo et al. [23]	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	7
Sherman et al. [24]	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	8
Jiang [25]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Madson et al. [26]	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	8
Liu [27]	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7
Zhang et al. [28]	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7
Lin et al. [29]	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6
Wang et al. [30]	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Topolska et al. [31]	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5

0: did not meet the criteria; 1: met the criteria.