Study | Score per PEDro item | Total score | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
i* | ii | iii | iv | v | vi | vii | viii | ix | x | xi | ||
Exercise therapy | ||||||||||||
Ferber et al37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Combined intervention | ||||||||||||
Mason et al38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Rathleff et al39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Foot orthoses | ||||||||||||
Lewinson et al40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Mills et al41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Patellar taping and bracing | ||||||||||||
Osorio et al42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Other adjunctive interventions | ||||||||||||
Hains and Hains43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
i=eligibility criteria; ii=random allocation; iii=concealed allocation; iv=baseline comparability; v=blind subjects; vi=blind therapists; vii=blind assessors; viii=adequate follow-up; ix intention-to-treat analysis; x=between-group comparisons; xi=point estimates and variability.
*Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score.
0, no or unable to determine; 1, yes; PEDro, Physiotherapy Evidence Database; RCTs, randomised controlled trials.