Spatiotemporal Changes Posttreatment in Peripheral Arterial Disease

Table 1

Summary of quality assessment for individual articles. The four articles shown are those selected for detailed review. Scoring criteria employed: Yes, 1; inadequate, 0.5; no, 0.

Question	Crowther et al. [36]	Gardner and Killewich [37]	Wullink et al. [38]	McDermott et al. [39]
(1) Research aims stated	1	1	1	1
(2) Intervention clearly stated	1	1	1	1
(3) Patient demographics reported
Number	1	1	1	1
Age	1	1	1	1
Sex	1	1	1	1
Height	1	0	0	0
BMI	1	0	1	1
ABI	1	1	1	1
(4) Methods: recruitment explained	1	1	0.5	1
(5) Methods: inclusion and exclusion criteria reported	0.75	0.5	1	1
(6) Methods: control group	1	0	1	0
(7) Methods: adequate methodology reported	1	1	1	1
(8) Methods: methodology able to answer research question
Sample size	1	1	1	1
Equipment	1	1	1	1
Intervention	1	1	1	1
Data processing	1	1	1	1
Statistical analysis	1	1	1	1
(9) Methods: reliability of methodology	1	1	1	1
(10) Results: logical interpretation of data	1	1	1	1
(11) Results: reported key findings supported by data	1	1	1	1
(12) Discussion: research question answered adequately	1	1	1	1
(13) Discussion: clinical implications stated	1	1	1	1
Total	21.75	18.50	20.50	20.00