Systematic review | Score per AMSTAR item | Total score | |||||||||||
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i | ii | iii | iv | v | vi | vii | viii | ix | x | xi | Search date | ||
Exercise therapy | |||||||||||||
Bolgla and Boling15 | 0 | CA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2010—December |
Clijsen et al16 | 0 | CA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2013—December |
Collins et al17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2009—November |
Frye et al18 | 0 | CA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2010—September |
Harvie et al 19 | 0 | CA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2010—January |
Kooiker et al20 | 0 | CA | 1 | CA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2014—January |
Lack et al21 | 0 | CA | 1 | CA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2014—December |
Nobre22 | 0 | CA | 0 | CA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2011—Unclear |
Page23 | 0 | CA | 0 | CA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2010—August |
Peters and Tyson24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2013—January |
Regelski et al25 | 0 | CA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | CA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unclear |
van der Heijden et al26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2014—May |
Wasielewki 2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2010—Unclear |
Combined intervention | |||||||||||||
Bolgla et al15 | 0 | CA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2010—December |
Collins et al17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2009—November |
Foot orthoses | |||||||||||||
Barton et al27 | 0 | CA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2008—December |
Bolgla et al15 | 0 | CA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2010—December |
Collins et al17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2009—November |
Hossain et al28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | CA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2010—March |
Swart et al29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2010—January |
Patellar taping and bracing | |||||||||||||
Barton et al30 | 0 | CA | 1 | CA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2013—January |
Callaghan and Selfe31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2011—August |
Kalron and Bar-Sela32 | 0 | CA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2012—March |
Swart et al29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2010—January |
Other adjunctive interventions | |||||||||||||
Bolgla et al15 | 0 | CA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2010—December |
Brantingham et al 33 | 0 | CA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2011—May |
Collins et al17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2009—November |
Dos Santos et al34 | 0 | CA | 0 | CA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2011—Unclear |
Lake and Wofford35 | 0 | CA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2010—August |
Wasielewskiet al36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2010—Unclear |
Bold text=Reviews considered to be moderate or high quality.
i=‘a priori’ design; ii=duplicate study selection and data extraction; iii=comprehensive literature search; iv=search for grey literature; v=list of studies included and excluded provided; vi=characteristics of included studies provided; vii=scientific quality assessed; viii=scientific quality used to formulate conclusions; ix=methods to combine study findings appropriate; x=publication bias assessed; xi=conflict of interest.
0, no; 1, yes; AMSTAR, Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews; CA, cannot assess.