Skip to main content

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.
Back to article page