PEDro's bias: summary quality scores should not be used in meta-analysis

Ref ID 405
First Author B. R. da Costa
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2013
URL https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(12)00277-6/pdf
Keywords Cochrane
Physiotherapy
Problem(s) Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias
Number of systematic reviews included 1
Summary of Findings Analysis of the use of this checklist in one Cochrane systematic review published in 2009 indicated that several trials which were not of high quality due to lack of adequate concealment of allocation and blinding of patients or therapists, were rated highly by the PEDro scale.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?