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Table 2 Risk of bias assessment of the 10 included studies

From: Prevalence of and prevention for work-related upper limb disorders among physical therapists: a systematic review

Study

Criteria and Corresponding Scoresa

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

Q7

Q8

Q9

%

Risk of Bias

Adegoke et al. [13]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100%

Low

Alnaser and Aljadi [14]

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

1

78%

Low

Buddhadev and Kotecha [16]

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

0

1

67%

Moderate

Campo et al. [17]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

89%

Low

Campo et al. [18]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100%

Low

Chung et al. [19]

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

89%

Low

Cromie et al. [5]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100%

Low

Glover et al. [20]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100%

Low

McMahon et al. [21]

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

89%

Low

Rossettini et al. [22]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

89%

Low

Rozenfeld et al. [23]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100%

Low

West and Gardner [24]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

89%

Low

  1. aQ1-Q9 indicate questions 1 to 9 based on the JBI criteria located in Appendix
  2. Score of 1: indicates the article does fulfill the specified criteria
  3. Score of 0: indicates the article does not fulfill the stated criteria
  4. Studies with >70% = low risk of bias, studies with 50-69% = moderate risk of bias, and studies with <50% = high risk of bias