Supplementary Table 3. Quality assessment of intervention studies
Study
Randomization
Appropriate
statistical
testing
Concurrent
comparison
>70%
adherence
<20%
participants
lost to
follow-up
Reliability/
validity of the
exposure
assessment
Reliability/
validity of the
outcome
Blinded
Measurement
Score
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
?
?
1
?
0
?
?
?
1
1
?
?
0
0
0
0
?
?
?
?
1
?
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
?
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
?
0
1
1
0
1
1
?
?
1
?
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
?
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
?
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
?
?
?
?
0
0
0
?
1
0
?
0
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
0
1
4
4
5
4
4
4
5
7
7
2
2
6
3
4
2
4
4
4
4
6
4
7
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
?
5
5
4
Adults
Battaglini et al. 2009(1)
Blaauwbroek 2009(2)
Carlson 2006(3)
Chang 2008(4)
Cohen 2004(5)
Coleman 2003(6)
Coleman 2003(7)
Coleman, 2008(8)
Courneya 2009(9)
Courneya 2009(10)
Cunningham 1986(11)
Decker 1989(12)
DeFor 2007(13)
Dimeo 1996(14)
Dimeo 2003(15)
Elter et al. 2009
Hayes 2003(16)
Hayes 2003(17)
Hayes 2004(18)
Hayes 2004(19)
Kim 2006(20)
Mello 2003(21)
Shelton 2009(22)
Wilson 2005(23)
Children
Chamorro-Vina in press(24)
Hartman 2009(25)
Keats 2008(26)
Ladha 2006(27)
Marchese 2004(28)
Moyer-Mileur 2009(29)
Oldervoll 2003(30)
Ruiz in press(31)
San Juan 2007(32)
San Juan 2007(33)
San Juan 2008(34)
Sharkey 1993(35)
Shore 1999(36)
Takken 2009(37)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
?
0
1
1
1
1
1
?
?
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
?
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
?
?
?
0
1
0
0
0
0
?
0
5
6
5
3
6
5
5
4
3
3
2
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