Review of methods used by chiropractors to determine the site for applying manipulation

Table 1 Rankings of validity studies per QUADAS scores

Article ID	Percentile	Rank	Article ID	Percentile	Rank
Abbott_2003	78	19	King_2007	77	20
Abbott_2005	92	6	Knutson_2002	77	21
Abbott_2006	100	1	Landel_2008	90	8
Beattie_1990	83	14	Laslet_2003	73	28
Bierma-Zeinstra_2001	90	8	Laslet_2005	94	2
Brismee_2006	41	40	Leach_1993	91	7
Bryner_1994	64	31	Lebeouf_1990	75	26
Caruso_2000	27	44	Leboeuf-Yde_2000	93	3
Chafetz_1988	76	24	Leboeuf-Yde_2002	100	1
Chakraverty_2007	85	10	Lehman_2002	77	23
Cibulka 1999	35	41	Levangie_1999	92	5
Cooperstein_2003	59	35	McCulloch_1993	100	1
Cooperstein_2004	84	11	Montgomery_1995	55	37
Dankaerts_2006	78	18	Nansel_1988	64	32
Diakow_1988	48	38	Ogince_2007	78	17
Erikson_1996	32	43	Osterbauer_1996	33	42
Fernandez-de-las-Pinas _2005	57	36	Peterson_2008	77	22
Fortin_1997	45	39	Petrone_2003	93	4
Fritz_2011	83	12	Phillips_1996	100	1
Fryer_2010	69	29	Pollard_2006	84	11
Haas&Peterson_1992	75	25	Roy_2008	87	9
Harlick_2007	79	16	Sandmark_1995	90	8
Harrison_1998	64	33	Taylor_1990	83	13
Harrison_2003	92	5	Viitanen_2000	83	12
Harrison_2004	62	34	Yamashita_2002	67	30
Humphreys_2004	84	11	Zaproudina_2006	74	27
Imoto_2007	83	15
Jende_1997	92	6
Jull_1988	100	1

Summary scores (not shown) were generated using weightings of QUADAS checklist items, where weights of individual items were based on the inverse of their prevalence within this cohort of articles. Subsequently, articles were ranked according to their normalized (Percentile) score and their relative position (Rank) within this cohort of articles.

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