Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Characteristics of the studies
Authors | Population (no. of hips) | Follow-up (years) | Level of evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
Alberton et al. [12] | 1548 | Mean 8.1 | Level IV |
Khatod et al. [6] | 277 | Minimum 1 | Level III |
Sah et al. [14] | 204 | Mean 4.9 | Level IV |
Hummel et al. [15] | 242 | Mean 2.4 | Level IV |
Springer et al. [2] | 1100 | Mean 6 | Level IV |
Carter et al. [7] | 156 | Mean 5.6 | Level III |
Cogan et al. [8] | 61 | Mean 2.4 | Level IV |
Kosashvili et al. [9] | 749 | Mean 13.2 | Level IV |
Garbuz et al. [16] | 184 | Mean 5 | Level I |
Wetters et al. [4] | 1152 | Mean 2 | Level IV |
Kosashvili et al. [17] | 749 | Mean 13.2 | Level IV |
Jo et al. [10] | 539 | Mean 5.5 | Level IV |
Yoshimoto et al. [11] | 178 | Mean 6.7 | Level IV |
Stedman et al. [18] | 187 | Mean 7.6 | Level IV |
Yoshimoto et al. [13] | 88 | Mean 4.4 | Level IV |