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Table 1 Quality ratings and inter-rater reliability using the Modified PEDro Scale of reviewed studies (N = 23)

From: Physical therapies for Achilles tendinopathy: systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Criteria

 
 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

 Total 

Costa 2005

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

12

Tumilty 2008

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

12

Rasmussen 2008

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

11

Rompe 2007

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

11

Rompe 2008

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

11

Rompe 2009

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

11

Silbernagel 2007

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

10

Stergioulas 2008

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

✓

10

de Jonge 2010

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

  

9

Chapman-Jones 2002

✓

✓

✓

✓

   

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

  

8

Herrington 2007

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

 

✓

   

✓

8

Mafi 2001

✓

✓

✓

     

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

8

Chester 2008

✓

✓

✓

   

✓

  

✓

✓

  

✓

7

 Roos 2004 

✓

✓

      

 ✓ 

 ✓ 

 ✓ 

 ✓ 

 

 ✓ 

 7 

Knobloch 2007

 

✓

 

✓

  

✓

✓

✓

✓

  

✓

 

7

Knobloch 2008

✓

✓

    

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

   

6

McAleenan 2010

✓

✓

✓

      

✓

  

✓

✓

6

Petersen 2007

✓

✓

 

✓

   

✓

 

✓

✓

   

6

Silbernagel 2001

✓

✓

    

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

   

6

 Mayer 2007 

✓

✓

     

✓

  

✓

   

 4 

Niesen-Vertommen 1992

 

✓

 

✓

   

✓

 

✓

    

4

 Norregaard 2007 

✓

✓

       

✓

✓

   

 4 

 Lowdon 1984 

✓

✓

            

 2 

Inter-rater reliability (κ)

0.62

1.00

1.00

0.73

1.00

1.00

0.90

0.88

1.00

0.62

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.94

  1. Listing in descending order of quality rating.
  2. Ticks indicate where a point was awarded for the criterion. Studies highlighted with bold and italic font were rated as having a high risk of bias.