Effects of Single or Multiple Sessions of Whole Body Vibration in Stroke: Is There Any Evidence to Support the Clinical Use in Rehabilitation?

Table 1

Results of the quality assessment of the included studies.

Criterion	Study
	Comparison 1 (7 studies)								Comparison 2 (2 studies)
	The Control Group make exercise under the same condition as the Whole-Body Vibration Group, but without Whole-Body Vibration or with sham vibration								The Control Group make other forms of exercise or physical activity
	Tihanyi et al, 2007 [40]	Lau et al, 2012 [41] and Pang et al, 2013 [42]	Brogårdh et al, 2012 [43]	Chan et al, 2012 [44]	Marín et al, 2013 [45]	Liao et al, 2016 [46]	Choi et al, 2014 [47]	Choi W et al, 2017 [48]	Van Nes et al, 2006 [49]	Tankisheva et al, 2014 [50]
eligibility criteria (it does not contribute to total PEDro score)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
random allocation	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
concealed allocation	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x
baseline comparability	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
subjects blinding			x
therapist blinding			x	x
assessor blinding		x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x
adequate follow-up (>85%)	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x
intention-to-treat analysis		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
between-group comparisons	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
points estimates and measure of variability provided	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
total PEDro score	6/10	8/10	9/10	8/10	8/10	8/10	6/10	8/10	8/10	7/10
sample size ≥ 50	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No