Table 2. PEDro scale of the included studies; * = was not counted for the final score; 1 = one point awarded; 0 = no point awarded.
Inclusion
criteria
Random
allocation
Concealed
allocation
Similarity
at baseline
Subject
blinding
Therapist blinding Assessor blinding >85%
follow-up
Intention to
treat analysis
Between-group comparison Point estimates
and variability
Total
Smith et al., 2018 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Lin et al., 2020 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Fairall et al., 2017 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Richman et al., 2019 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Škarabot et al., 2015 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7
Hodgson et al., 2019 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7
Kyranoudis et al., 2019 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Che Hsiu et al., 2021 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Somers et al., 2020 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Smith et al., 2019 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Peacock et al., 2014 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Cunha et al., 2021 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9