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Table 3 Quality assessment based on the MINORS quality assessment

From: Return to work following primary total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

A clearly stated aim

Inclusion of consecutive patients

Prospective collection of data

Endpoints appropriate to the aim of the study

Unbiased assessment of the study endpoint

Follow-up period appropriate to the aim of the study

Loss to follow-up less than 5%

Prospective calculation of the study size

An adequate control group

Contemporary groups

Baseline equivalence of groups

Adequate statistical analyses

Score

Al-Hourani [5]

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

1

2

19

Anderson [6]

2

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

0

2

16

Atkinson [7]

1

2

0

2

0

2

1

0

2

2

1

1

14

Baldursson [8]

1

0

0

2

0

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

7

Batra [9]

2

2

0

2

0

1

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Berger [10]

1

2

2

2

0

1

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

10

Boersma [11]

2

2

2

2

0

2

1

0

2

2

1

2

18

Bohm [2]

1

2

0

2

0

2

1

0

2

2

1

2

15

Clyde [12]

2

2

2

2

0

2

1

0

2

2

2

2

19

Danielsson [13]

2

2

0

2

0

2

1

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Drobniewski [14]

2

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

10

Drobniewski [15]

1

0

2

2

1

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

10

Goeb [16]

2

2

0

2

0

1

1

0

2

1

2

2

15

Hauer [17]

2

2

2

2

0

2

1

0

2

2

1

2

18

He [18]

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

1

2

19

Jensen [19]

2

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

1

1

16

Johnsson [20]

2

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

1

2

17

Kamp [21]

1

2

2

2

0

2

1

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

10

Kleim [51]

2

2

2

2

0

2

1

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

11

Laasik [22]

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

0

2

18

Latijnhouwers [23]

1

1

0

2

0

2

0

0

2

2

1

2

13

Leichtenberg [24]

2

2

2

2

0

2

1

0

2

2

2

2

19

Mangin [52]

2

2

2

2

1

2

1

0

2

2

2

2

20

Mcgonagle [25]

2

2

2

2

0

2

1

0

2

2

2

1

18

Mikkelsen [26]

1

0

2

2

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

2

16

Mobasheri [27]

2

2

0

2

0

2

1

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Nevitt [28]

2

2

0

2

0

2

1

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Oken [29]

2

1

0

1

0

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

16

Pachore [30]

1

1

2

2

0

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

10

Pagnano [31]

2

2

0

2

0

1

2

2

2

2

0

2

17

Peak [32]

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

23

Poehling-Monaghan [33]

2

2

0

2

2

1

2

0

2

2

2

2

19

Poehling-Monaghan [34]

2

2

1

2

0

1

1

2

2

2

1

2

18

Pons [35]

1

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Pop [36]

2

1

0

2

0

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Rondon [37]

2

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

18

Saad [38]

2

2

0

2

0

1

2

0

2

2

1

2

16

Salar [39]

1

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Sankar [40]

2

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

18

Stigmar [41]

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

2

1

19

Suarez [42]

1

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

1

1

15

Takeuchi [43]

1

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Tanavalee [44]

1

2

1

2

0

2

0

0

2

2

1

2

15

Tilbury [45]

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

21

Trusz czyń ska [46]

1

2

0

2

2

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

19

Visuri [47]

2

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

2

2

2

2

18

White [48]

1

2

0

2

0

2

2

0

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Zaballa [49]

2

2

2

2

0

2

1

0

2

2

2

2

19

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