The PEDro quality assessment of individual studies
| Journal article | PEDro scale | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Score | |
| Askling et al19 | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | 8 |
| Engebretsen et al21 | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | 5 |
| Gabbe et al20 | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | 6 |
| Petersen et al22 | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | 9 |
1. Eligibility criteria were specified.
2. Subjects were randomly allocated to groups.
3. Allocation was concealed.
4. Groups were similar at baseline regarding most important prognostic indicators.
5. Blinding of all participants.
6. Blinding of therapists who administered the therapy.
7. Blinding of all assessors who measured at least one key outcome.
8. Measures of at least one key outcome were obtained from more than 85% of the participants.
9. All subjects for whom outcome measures were available received the treatment or control condition as allocated.
10. Results of between-group statistical comparisons are reported for at least one key outcome.
11. Study provides both point measures and measures of variability for at least one key outcome.
+, met criteria; −, criteria not met.
PEDro, Physiotherapy Evidence Database.