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Table 3 Summary of the GRADE assessment

From: Measurement properties of smartphone applications for the measurement of neck range of motion: a systematic review and meta analyses

Outcome measure/ measurement property

Studies

Sample Size

ROB

Criteria for good Measurement Properties

ROB overall rating

GRADE - quality of evidence

 

Inconsistency

Impreciseness

Indirectness

Overall Quality of Evidence

Asymptomatic

Clinometer App

        

 Reliability (Intra rater)

Ullucci P.A. et al., 2019 [33]

38

D

(+)

↓

No

No

No

Moderate

Tousignant-Laflamme et al. 2013 [32]

28

A

(−)

     

Monreal C. et al., 2021 [29]

50

A

(+)

     

 Reliability (Inter rater)

Ullucci P.A. et al., 2019 [33]

38

D

(+)

↓

↓

↓

No

Very Low

Tousignant-Laflamme et al. 2013 [32]

28

A

(−)

     

 Measurement Error

Monreal C. et al., 2021 [29]

50

A

(?)

Serious

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

 Criterion Validity

Tousignant-Laflamme et al. 2013 [32]

28

A

(−)

Serious

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

 (Concurrent)

Monreal C. et al., 2021 [29]

50

D

(?)

     

Neck Pain

Clinometer App

        

 Reliability (Intra-rater)

Pourahmadi M.R. et al., 2018 [26]

40

A

(−)

No

↓

↓

No

Low

Ghorbani F. et al., 2020 [10]

20

A

(−)

     

Rodríguez-Sanza J. et al., 2019 [11]

10

A

(+)

     

 Reliability (Inter-rater)

Pourahmadi M.R. et al., 2018 [26]

40

A

(−)

No

↓

 

No

Low

Ghorbani F. et al., 2020 [10]

20

A

(−)

     

Rodríguez-Sanza J. et al., 2019 [11]

10

A

(+)

     

 Measurement Error

Ghorbani F. et al., 2020 [10]

20

A

(?)

No

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

 Criterion

Ghorbani F. et al., 2020 [10]

20

A

(−)

↓

↓

↓

No

Very Low

Rodríguez-Sanza J. et al., 2019 [11]

25

I

(?)

Very serious

Inconsistent

 

No

Not rated

Asymptomatic

Compass App

        

 Reliability (Intra rater)

Guidetti. et al., 2017 [13]

23

A

(+)

↓

No

↓

No

Low

Satpute K. et al., 2019 [12]

32

D

(+)

     

Tousignant-Laflamme et al. 2013 [32]

28

A

(−)

     

 Reliability (Inter rater)

Guidetti L. et al., 2017 [13]

23

A

(+)

↓

No

↓

No

Low

Satpute K. et al., 2019 [12]

32

D

(+)

     

Tousignant-Laflamme et al. 2013 [32]

28

A

(−)

     

 Measurement Error

Guidetti L. et al., 2017 [13]

23

A

(?)

Serious

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

Satpute K. et al., 2019 [12]

32

D

(?)

     

 Criterion Validity

Guidetti L. et al., 2017 [13]

23

A

(+)

No

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

Tousignant-Laflamme et al. 2013 [32]

28

A

(−)

     

 Construct Validity (convergent)

Satpute K. et al., 2019 [12]

32

A

(?)

Serious

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

Neck Pain

Compass app

        

 Reliability (Intra rater)

Rodríguez-Sanza J. et al., 2019 [11]

10

A

(+)

↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

 Reliability (Inter rater)

Rodríguez-Sanza J. et al., 2019 [11]

10

A

(+)

↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

 Criterion Validity

Rodríguez-Sanza J. et al., 2019 [11]

25

I

(?)

Serious

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

Asymptomatic

Other apps (custom-made)

        

 Reliability (Intra rater)

Chang K. et al., 2019 [28]

41

D

(+)

↓↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

Quek J. et al., 2014 [31]

21

D

(+)

↓ ↓

No

↓↓

 

Very Low

 Reliability (Inter rater)

Chang K. et al., 2019 [28]

41

D

(+)

↓ ↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

 Measurement Error

Chang K. et al., 2019 [28]

41

D

(?)

Very serious

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

Quek J. et al., 2014 [31]

21

D

(?)

Very serious

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

 Criterion Validity

Palsson T. et al., 2019 [30]

30

A

(+)

↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

 Criterion Validity

Quek J. et al., 2014 [31]

21

A

(+)

↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

 Construct Validity (convergent)

Chang K. et al., 2019 [28]

41

V

(+)

No

No

↓↓

No

Low

Neck Pain

Other apps (custom-made)

        

 Reliability (Intra rater)

Stenneberg M.S. et al., 2018 [27]

26

A

(+)

↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

 Reliability (Inter rater)

Stenneberg M.S. et al., 2018 [27]

26

A

(+)

↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

 Measurement Error

Stenneberg M.S. et al., 2018 [27]

26

A

(?)

Serious

Inconsistent

  

Not rated

 Criterion Validity

Stenneberg M.S. et al., 2018 [27]

26

A

(+)

↓

No

↓↓

No

Very Low

  1. PBOM Performance based outcome measure, ROB Risk of Bias, GRADE Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations, V very good, A adequate, D doubtful, I inadequate, (+) - sufficient, (−) - insufficient, (±) - inconsistent, (?) – indeterminate, ↓ – downgraded one level