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Table 2 Risk of bias assessment of the 19 included articles grouped by study population (modified from Hoy et al., 2012)

From: Distribution and prevalence of musculoskeletal pain co-occurring with persistent low back pain: a systematic review

  1. Abbreviations: Y yes (low risk of bias), N no (high risk of bias)
  2. a Summary of overall risk of bias indicated by colour (green = low risk of bias, further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate; yellow = moderate risk of bias, further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate and may change the estimate; red = high risk of bias, further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate and is likely to change the estimate).
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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