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[http://www.pedro.org.au/scale_item.html The PEDro scale] is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials. DeMorton (2009) suggests it is valid to sum PEDro scale item scores to obtain a total score that can be treated as interval level measurement and subjected to parametric statistical analysis<ref>de Morton NA (2009). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?tmpl=NoSidebarfile&db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=19463084&dopt=Abstract The PEDro scale is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials: a demographic study, Australian Journal Physiotherapy, 55(2), 129-133 | [http://www.pedro.org.au/scale_item.html The PEDro scale] is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials. DeMorton (2009) suggests it is valid to sum PEDro scale item scores to obtain a total score that can be treated as interval level measurement and subjected to parametric statistical analysis<ref>de Morton NA (2009). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?tmpl=NoSidebarfile&db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=19463084&dopt=Abstract The PEDro scale is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials: a demographic study], Australian Journal Physiotherapy, 55(2), 129-133</ref>.<br> | ||
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The PEDro scale is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials. DeMorton (2009) suggests it is valid to sum PEDro scale item scores to obtain a total score that can be treated as interval level measurement and subjected to parametric statistical analysis[1].
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- ↑ de Morton NA (2009). The PEDro scale is a valid measure of the methodological quality of clinical trials: a demographic study, Australian Journal Physiotherapy, 55(2), 129-133