Criteria list for the assessment of the methodological quality score of studies on the prevention of lateral ankle ligament injuries
| Criteria | Score |
|---|---|
| Are relevant subject characteristics described? | |
| Age | 0/1 |
| Gender | 0/1 |
| Level of sports activity (eg, amateur or professional) | 0/1 |
| Time of sports activities (eg, h/week or min/week) | 0/1 |
| Is a randomisation procedure mentioned? | 0/1 |
| Are the intervention and control groups homogenous with regard to the subject characteristics? | 0/1 |
| Is a definition for ‘injury’ given? | 0/1 |
| Are testing or intervention procedures described and performed in sufficient detail? | |
| Applied preventive measure | 0/1 |
| Time span of intervention | 0/1 |
| Control of compliance to the intervention | 0/1 |
| Are the research design and statistical analysis sufficient? | |
| Statistical analysis is consistent with the research design | 0/1 |
| Corrected for accurate variables | 0/1 |
| Are all relevant statistical outcomes presented (eg, mean, SD, p value)? | 0/1 |
| Are the dropouts described for each group separately? | 0/1 |