Table 3

CPG AGREE II domain scores and quality assessment (%)

Title	1. Scope and purpose	2. Stakeholder involvement	3. Rigour of development	4. Clarity of presentation	5. Applicability	6. Editorial independence	Overall assessment	Quality (high/low)
Osteoarthritis
AAOS – knee osteoarthritis42	94	57	87	78	29	81	78	High
ACR – hand, hip and knee osteoarthritis70	69	33	53	67	7	22	44	Low
EULAR – hip and knee osteoarthritis41	80	67	56	76	19	50	61	High
ESCEO – knee osteoarthritis39	65	26	37	61	21	67	44	Low
ESCEO – knee osteoarthritis with updated algorithm of pharmacological interventions40	63	20	10	63	11	0	28	Low
KNGF – physiotherapy hip/knee osteoarthritis71	78	63	55	83	46	11	61	Low
MaHTAS – osteoarthritis34	80	56	43	54	39	39	44	Low
NICE – osteoarthritis38	85	80	90	94	88	78	89	High
OARSI – knee osteoarthritis43	74	63	55	70	4	78	67	High
Ottawa – osteoarthritis obese/overweight47	89	56	58	50	28	28	56	Low
Ottawa – patient education osteoarthritis48	72	54	53	39	13	6	33	Low
VA/DoD – hip and knee osteoarthritis72	85	50	60	78	25	3	56	Low
Low back pain
APTA – low back pain73	78	50	45	67	29	3	44	Low
CCGPP – low back pain44	67	54	60	39	25	61	44	High
BPS – low back pain/radicular pain74	56	48	8	57	21	25	17	Low
Cheng et al – low back pain.75*	41	15	26	39	17	0	17	Low
Colorado DLE WC – low back pain49	70	33	63	48	31	22	28	Low
ICSI – low back pain76	78	46	41	72	51	72	56	Low
NASS – lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy37	72	33	51	48	10	33	39	Low
NASS – degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis35	76	26	48	44	8	39	39	Low
NASS – degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis36	81	30	51	44	25	42	39	Low
NICE – low back pain and sciatica in over 16 s23	89	78	85	93	83	72	89	High
TOP – low back pain77	72	31	17	74	19	0	33	Low
Shoulder
DOA – subacromial pain59	78	26	28	48	11	3	22	Low
Eubank et al – rotator cuff58*	74	37	33	46	25	22	39	Low
Hopman et al – rotator cuff46*	87	74	73	78	50	56	67	High
I.S.Mu.L.T – rotator cuff tears57	43	17	19	35	10	0	28	Low
WSDL&I – shoulder78	74	44	20	37	24	8	22	Low
Neck
CCA – neck pain50	63	37	55	50	10	31	44	Low
Colorado DLE WC – cervical spine injury51	81	37	57	52	35	25	39	Low
OPTIMa – neck pain45	94	67	80	91	38	50	67	High
SIMFER – neck pain79	46	30	15	37	7	0	22	Low
Knee
Barton et al – P-F pain80*	69	24	56	61	25	69	61	Low
Musculoskeletal
ACE – musculoskeletal injuries81	37	28	17	39	11	8	17	Low

*First author given where there is no stated organisation.
AAOS, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; ACR, American College of Rheumatology; AGREE, Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation; APTA, Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association; BPS, British Pain Society; CCA, Canadian Chiropractic Association; CCGPP, Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters; Colorado DLE WC, Colorado Department of Labour and Employment Workers Compensation; CPGs, clinical practice guidelines; DOA, Dutch Orthopaedic Association; ESCEO, European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis; EULAR, European League Against Rheumatism; I.S.Mu.L.T., Italian Society of Muscle Ligaments and Tendons; ICSI, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; KNGF, Royal Dutch Society of Physiotherapy; MaHTAS, Malaysia Health Technology Assessment Section Medical Development Division, Ministry of Health; NASS, North American Spine Society; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; OARSI, Osteoarthritis Research Society International; OPTIMa, Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management Collaboration; Ottawa, Ottawa Panel; P-F, patellofemoral; SIMFER, the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine; TOP, Toward Optimized Practice; VA/DOD, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defence; WSDL&I, Washington State Department of Labour and Industries.