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Table 3 PEDro critical appraisal tool results

From: Anteromedial versus transtibial technique in single-bundle autologous hamstring ACL reconstruction: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials

Study

Criteria

Total

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

 

Bohn et al

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✗

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

9

Guglielmetti et al

✓

✓

✓

✓

✗

✗

✗

✓

✓

✓

✓

7

Hussein et al

✓

✓

✗

✓

✗

✗

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

7

Mirzatolooei et al

✓

✓

✗

✓

✗

✗

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

7

Zhang et al

✓

✓

✗

✓

✓

✗

✗

✓

✓

✓

✓

7

  1. ✓ Satisfied criterion, ✗ Did not satisfy criterion
  2. Criteria: 1. Eligibility criteria were specified; 2. subjects were randomly allocated to groups (in a crossover study, subjects were randomly allocated an order in which treatments were received); 3. allocation was concealed; 4. the groups were similar at baseline with respect to the most important prognostic indicators; 5. all subjects were blinded to the procedure; 6. all therapists who administered the therapy were blinded; 7. all assessors who measured at least one key outcome were blinded; 8. measures of at least one key outcome were obtained from ≥85% of the subjects initially allocated to groups; 9. all subjects for whom outcome measures were available received the treatment or control condition as allocated or, where this was not the case, data for at least one key outcome was analyzed by intention to treat; 10. the results of between-group statistical comparisons are reported or at least one key outcome; 11. the study provides both point measures and measures of variability for at least one key outcome