Author/Items | Random allocation | Concealed allocation | Groups similar at baseline | Participant blinding | Therapist blinding | Assessor blinding | <15% dropouts | Intention-to-treat analysis | Between-group difference reported | Point estimate and variability reported | Total PEDro-score (0 to 10) |
Ahmed et al. (2009) | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | + | 4 |
Ansari et al. (2006) | + | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | + | + | 5 |
Durmus et al. (2010) | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | + | 6 |
Durmus et al. (2013) | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | 9 |
Durmus et al. (2014) | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | + | 7 |
Ebadi et al. (2012) | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | 8 |
Licciardone et al. (2013) | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | 9 |
Mohseni-Bandpei et al. (2006) | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | 8 |
Shakoor et al. (2008) | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | 5 |