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Table 4 Results of modified Downs and Black’s quality assessment tool

From: Systematic review of chronic ankle instability in children

Study

  Criteria

Author

Year

1 Hypotheses/objectives

2 Outcomes

3 Participants

4 Findings

5 Data distribution

6 p value

7 Participant Selection

8 Represent-activeness

9 Blinding

10 Statistics

11 Outcome measures

12 Intervention groups

13 Time period

14 Follow up

Total

Percentage (%)

Hiller et al.

2008

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

N/A

N/A

1

12/12

100

Hollwarth et al.

1985

1

0

0

1

1

0

0*

0*

0*

0*

0*

1

1

N/A

5/13

38

Marchi et al.

1999

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

1

N/A

N/A

1

10/12

83

Soderman et al.

2001

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

N/A

N/A

1

11/12

92

Steffen et al.

2008

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

N/A

N/A

0*

10/12

83

Swenson et al.

2009

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

N/A

N/A

N/A

9/11

82

Timm et al.

2005

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

14/14

100

Tyler et al.

2006

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0*

10/14

71

Weir & Watson

1996

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

N/A

N/A

0*

9/12

75

  1. KEY:
  2. 1 Criteria met.
  3. 0 Criteria not met.
  4. *Unable to determine, scored 0.
  5. N/A Criteria did not apply to study type.