Cartilage Defect Treatments: With or without Cells? Mesenchymal Stem Cells or Chondrocytes? Traditional or Matrix-Assisted? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

Table 5

Assessment of methodological quality of RCTs by using 7-point modified Jadad scoring system.

Study	Randomization	Allocation concealment	Blinding (observer)	Blinding (patient)	Withdrawals and dropouts	Jadad score
Bartlett et al. [21]	2	0	0	0	1	3
Zeifang et al. [20]	2	0	0	0	1	3
Gudas et al. (athletes) [27]	1	0	0	0	1	2
Gudas et al. (children) [29]	1	0	0	0	1	2
Basad et al. [30]	1	0	0	0	1	2
Cole et al. [31]	2	2	0	0	1	5
Crawford et al. [33]	2	2	0	0	1	5