The remaining 12 papers (referenced in Table 1) were rated for quality using the AMSTAR tool as moderate quality (score 5 8) and their average score was 6.7 (out of 11, with the range of 6 8).
Two of the reviews were of moderate quality scoring 6/11 [ 17], and 7/11 [ 16], respectively, whereas the third review was scored as high quality with a score of 9/11 [ 15].
In terms of quality, almost all of the reviews with an LMIC focus (n = 696, 94%) have been appraised for methodological quality using AMSTAR and (on average) have a moderate quality score (range = 4.2 7.7 out of a possible score of 11) across topic domains (Table 3).
All of the studies were considered to be of moderate quality scoring between 56.25 % – 68.75 %.> -wrap-foot> Abbreviations: CAT Critical appraisal tool a study conducted on runners who ran to fatigue Table 6 outlines the diagnostic criteria used by the eligible studies to determine which participants were eligible to take part.
Although bags and masks were widely available in health facilities in Ghana, low-to-moderate quality scores for immediate newborn resuscitation likely resulted from lack of properly trained staff.
Nine out of 22 reviews were rated as low quality (AMSTAR score 0 4), 11 were rated as moderate quality (AMSTAR score 5 8), and two reviews were categorized as high quality (AMSTAR score 9 11).
For the 22 evaluated reviews, nine were rated as low quality (AMSTAR score 0 4), 11 were found to be of moderate quality (AMSTAR score 5 8), and two reviews were categorized as high quality (AMSTAR score 9 11).
There were seven moderate quality (PEDro score: 4 6) intervention studies that investigated the effect of exercise on muscle parameters in different populations aged 60 95 years (Table 2) [ 23 – 29 ].
Studies are rated as low quality when AMSTAR score is 0 4, moderate quality when AMSTAR score is 5 8, and high quality when AMSTAR score 9 11 [ 19].
Four studies were of moderate methodological quality (score C), and only two studies--Vanderploeg et al. [ 16] and Lambeek [ 14] --were of high quality (score A).
