Table 3. Animal studies: Itemized scoring of study quality using a modified Downs and Black checklist
| First author, year |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
Total |
Quality |
| Bullimore, 2008 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9/13 |
| Cavagna, 1968 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8/13 |
| Cavagna, 1974 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9/13 |
| Cavagna,1981 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9/13 |
| Cavagna, 1994 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7/13 |
| Ettema, 1992 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10/13 |
| Ettema, 1990 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10/13 |
| Ettema, 1990 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10/13 |
| Fukutani, 2017 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
11/13 |
| Fukutani, 2018 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
11/13 |
| Herzog, 2000 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10/13 |
| Lee, 2001 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
10/13 |
| Sugi (1988) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5/13 |
| Takarada (1997) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8/13 |
