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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Strength of recommendation and quality of evidence in the selected guidelines

From: Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for adults with fractures: identification of best evidence for rehabilitation to develop the WHO’s Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation

Guideline

Body of evidence

Strength of recommendation

RCTs, systematic reviews, or metaanalyses*

Clinical studies

Expert opinion

Strong

Intermediate

Weak

AAOS radius [29]

10 (91%)

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

3 (75%)

DHA radius [30]

4 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

NICE hip [31]

16 (84.2%)

3 (15.8%)

0 (0%)

1 (12.5%)

2 (25%)

5 (62.5%)

ANZHFR hip [32]

18 (95%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

1 (20%)

2 (40%)

2 (40%)

AAOS hip [33]

20 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (75%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

  1. Since the reference scales adopted by each guideline are not directly comparable, we present the recommendations according to two summary three-point Likert scales
  2. * At least one RCT or one systematic review are required to classify in this column