Table 3 Analysis of risk of bias using the physiotherapy evidence based database (PEDro) scale from 0 to 10.
Reference | Random allocation | Allocation concealment | Baseline comparability | Blind subjects | Blind therapists | Blind assessors | Proper follow-up | Intention to treat analysis | Comparisons between groups | Point measure and variability | Total score (0 to 10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cowan, 2022 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9 |
Clifford, 2019 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | 5 |
Ganderton, 2018 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 9 |
Mellor, 2018 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 8 |
Rompe, 2009 | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 5 |