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Table 2 Quality assessment of included studies

From: Cell therapy efficacy and safety in treating tendon disorders: a systemic review of clinical studies

 

Study

Tool

Questions

Overall quality

 

Case series and non-RCTs

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Assessment

Score

1

Hernigou P

JBI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

9

2

S. J. Kim

NIH

Yes

Yes

No

NR

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Moderate

6

3

S. J. Kim

JBI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

9

4

C. Pascual-Garrido

NIH

Yes

Yes

Yes

NR

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

8

5

D. Connell 2009

NIH

Yes

No

Yes

CD

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Moderate

6

6

Y. S. Kim 2017

JBI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

9

7

B. E. Stein 2015

NIH

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

High

8

8

J. L. Ellera Gomes 2012

NIH

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

High

8

9

S. Y. Lee 2015

NIH

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

9

10

L. N. Muench 2020

NIH

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

9

11

C. H. Jo 2020

NIH

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

9

12

A. Wang 2015

NIH

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

9

13

M. Khoury 2021

NIH

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

8

14

K. Tate-Oliver 2013

NIH

Yes

Yes

CD

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Low

5

15

C. J. Centeno 2015

NIH

CD

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Moderate

5

16

A. Singh 2014

NIH

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Low

3

 

RCTs (Cochrane Rob 2 tool)

Randomization process

Deviations from the intended interventions

Missing outcome data

Measurement of the outcome

Selection of the reported result

The overall risk of bias

1

J. L. Hurd 2020

+

–

+

+

+

+

2

G. Rodas 2021

+

–

+

+

+

+

3

D. A. V. Rosário 2021

+

–

–

+

+

ØŸ

4

A. W. Clarke 2011

+

+

+

+

+

+

5

Usuelli, F. G 2017

+

ØŸ

+

+

+

+

6

J. R. Lamas 2019

+

–

–

–

–

–

  1. Abbreviations: CD Cannot determine, NR Not reported, NA Not available, NIH National Institutes of Health quality assessment tool for case-series studies, JBI Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklist for quasi-experimental studies, RCT Randomized clinical trials