Review Article

Effectiveness of Mobilization with Movement on the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 1

Quality assessment of controlled intervention studies.

PEDro scale itemsShenouda (2013) [31]Kandada and Heggannavar (2015) [32]Gupta and Heggannavar (2015) [33]Lalnunpuii et al. (2017) [5]Kukarni and Kamat (2017) [34]Rao et al. (2018) [35]Kaya Mutlu et al. (2018) [36]Varma and Purohit (2020) [37]Kiran et al. (2018) [38]Bhagat et al. (2019) [39]Alkhawajah and Alshami (2019) [40]Saddam Hussain Shaik et al. (2019) [41]Pawar et al. (2019) [42]Mahmooda et al. (2020) [43]Nigam et al. (2020) [44]

EligibilityYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Random allocationYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Concealed allocationNoNoNoYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesNoNoNoYes
Baseline comparabilityYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesNoYesYes
Blind participantsNoNoNoYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesNoYesNoYes
Blind therapistNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Blind assessorNoNoNoYesNoYesYesNoNoYesYesNoNoNoYes
Adequate
follow-up
YesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Intention: to treat analysisNoYesNoYesYesYesNoYesNoYesYesYesNoYesYes
Between-group comparisonYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Point estimate and variabilityYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Total score5/105/106/109/106/109/108/105/105/109/109/106/105/106/108/10
Graded approachModerateModerateModerateHighModerateHighHighModerateModerateHighHighModerateModerateModerateHigh