Table 1 Quality of the included studies, based on the Effective Public Health Practice Project Tool
From: Bicycling participation in people with a lower limb amputation: a scoping review
Ref | Selection Bias | Study Design | Confounders | Blinding | Data Collection | Drop-Outs | Global Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Narang et al. (1984) [27] | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | + | – |
Burger et al. (1997) [32] | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Burger et al. (1997) [33] | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
Mead(2005) [38] | – | - | – | 0 | – | + | – |
Kars et al. (2009) [36] | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
Childers et al. (2011) [28] | – | + | – | 0 | – | + | – |
Childers et al. (2011) [29] | – | + | – | 0 | – | + | – |
Sprunger et al. (2012) [37] | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
Bragaru et al. (2013) [35] | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
Koutny et al. (2013) [26] | – | – | – | 0 | – | + | – |
Littman et al. (2014) [34] | + | – | – | 0 | – | – | – |
Scheepers (2015) [39] | – | – | – | 0 | – | + | – |
Dyer and Woolley (2017) [30] | – | – | + | – | + | + | – |
Dyer (2017) [31] | + | 0 | + | 0 | + | – | 0 |
Totals | |||||||
weak(%) | 10(71.4%) | 11(79%) | 12(86%) | 12(86%) | 12(86%) | 6(43%) | 13(93%) |
moderate(%) | 2(14.3%) | 1(7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(7%) | 1(7%) |
strong(%) | 2(14.3%) | 2(14%) | 2(14%) | 2(14%) | 2(14%) | 7(50%) | 0 |