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World J Orthop. May 18, 2016; 7(5): 315-337
Published online May 18, 2016. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v7.i5.315
Table 3 Methodological quality assessment of randomized trials of lumbar facet joint interventions utilizing Cochrane review criteria
Manchikanti et al[102]Carette et al[103]Fuchs et al[104]Nath et al[105]van Wijk et al[97]van Kleef et al[99]Tekin et al[96]Civelek et al[108]Dobrogowski et al[98]Cohen et al[109]Ribeiro et al[107]Moon et al[100]Lakemeier et al[101]Yun et al[106]
Randomization adequateYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Concealed treatment allocationYYNYYYYYUNYYYY
Patient blindedYYYYYYYNYNYYYN
Care provider blindedYYNYYYYNYUNYNN
Outcome assessor blindedNYYYYYYUUUNYNN
Drop-out rate describedYYNYYYYYYYYYYY
All randomized participants analyzed in the groupYYYYYYYYYYYNYY
Reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reportingYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Groups similar at baseline regarding most important prognostic indicatorsYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Co-intervention avoided or similar in all groupsYNNYYYYYYYYYYY
Compliance acceptable in all groupsYYYYYYYYYYYNNY
Time of outcome assessment in all groups similarYYYYYYYYYYYNYY
Score11/1211/128/1212/1212/1212/1212/129/1210/128/1210/129/129/129/12