From: The effectiveness of manual stretching in the treatment of plantar heel pain: a systematic review
The PEDro Scale | DiGiovanni et al [15] | Hyland et al [17] | Porter et al [14] | Radford et al [19] | Sharma et al [20] | Wynne et al [18] |
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1) Eligibility criteria were specified | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
2) Subjects were randomly allocated to groups (in a crossover study, subjects were randomly allocated an order in which treatments were received) | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO |
3) Allocation was concealed | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
4) The groups were similar at baseline regarding the most important prognostic indicators | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO |
5) There was blinding of all subjects | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
6) There was blinding of all therapists who administered the therapy | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
7) There was blinding of all assessors who measured at least one key outcome | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO |
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 analysed by "intention to treat" | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
10) The results of between-group statistical comparisons are reported for at least one key outcome | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
11) The study provides both point measures and measures of variability for at least one key outcome | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO |
TOTAL SCORE OUT OF 10 (question 1, not included in total score) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 |