Table 4

Quality assessment of the included systematic reviews by the AMSTAR-2 tool

First author, yearQ1Q2Q3Q4Q5Q6Q7Q8Q9 RCTQ9 NRSIQ10Q11 RCTQ11 NRSIQ12Q13Q14Q15Q16Ranking of quality
Musculoskeletal conditions
De Oliveira Meirelles, 201324 NNNNNNNPYYN/ANN/AN/AN/ANNN/ANCRITICALLY LOW
Franke, 201425 YNNYYYYPYYN/ANYN/AYYYN/AYLOW
Franke, 201726 YNNYYYYPYYN/ANYN/AYYYN/ANLOW
Dal Farra, 202027 YYYYYYNPYYN/ANYN/AYYYN/AYLOW
Franke, 201528 YNNYYYYPYYN/ANYN/AYYYN/AYLOW
Rehman, 202029 YYNYYYNPYYN/ANYN/AYYYN/AYLOW
Paediatric conditions
Posadzki, 201330 YNNPYYYNPYYN/AYN/AN/AN/AYYN/AYCRITICALLY LOW
Neurology conditions
Cerritelli, 201731 YNNYYYYYYN/AYN/AN/AN/AYYN/AYLOW
Visceral conditions
Muller, 201432 YNNPYYYYPYYN/ANN/AN/AN/AYNN/AYLOW
  • N, no; N/A, not applicable; NRSI, non-randomised studies of interventions; PY, partial yes; RCT, randomised controlled trial; Y, yes.