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Table 3 Critical appraisal by PEDro scale

From: Effect of oromotor exercises on feeding in children with cerebral palsy: systematic review

Criteria

Article

Serel Arslan et al. [26]

Inal et al. [27]

1. Eligibility standards must be met*.

Yes

Yes

2. Random allocation of participants.

Yes

Yes

3. Allocation that is hidden.

No

No

4. At baseline, the prognosis was similar.

Yes

Yes

5. Blinded participant.

Yes

No

6. Blinded therapists.

No

No

7. Blinded assessors.

Yes

Yes

8. At least one key outcome was followed up by more than 85%.

Yes

No

9. Analysis of the “intention to treat.”

Yes

Yes

10. At least one key outcome was statistically analyzed between groups.

Yes

Yes

11. Point estimates of variability are presented for at least one significant outcome.

Yes

No

12. Pedro score.

8/10

5/10

  1. *This criterion is not counted for the total PEDro score