- Framework of problems / Rigourous
- Limited quality assessment or no risk of bias
- 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? |