Their methodological quality was assessed using the modified Jadad score.
Neurological function was assessed using the modified Morris Water Maze and footfault tests.
Adhesive remaining after debonding was assessed using the modified adhesive remnant index.
Trial quality was assessed using the modified Jadad scale and the Consolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist.
Therefore, a fracture mechanics approach was developed, by means of which cracks are modeled in the critical areas of the TBC system and assessed using the modified crack closure integral method for determining the mode-dependent crack loading.
The changes in emotional functioning were assessed using the modified SCL-90-R instrument in the RDC/TMD Axis II questionnaire [27].
Functional outcome was assessed using the modified Ratliff criteria [1] at capital physis closure or 5 years of follow-up, whichever was longer; dividing results into good, fair, and poor.
The ordinal primary outcome was the combined incidence and severity of any recurrent stroke (ischaemic or haemorrhagic; assessed using the modified Rankin Scale) or TIA within 90 days, as assessed by central telephone follow-up with masking to treatment assignment, and analysed by intention to treat.
Following an exercise tolerance test to ensure no cardiovascular contraindications to maximal exercise [25], VO2max was assessed using the modified Taylor incremental treadmill test protocol [26], with 1-minute expired air samples taken continuously using Douglas Bags and heart rate monitored by short-range telemetry.
The 13 cohort studies were assessed using the modified NOS.
Biocompatibility was assessed using the modified lactate dehydrongenase (mLDH) assay.
