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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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  1. 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