Maarten van Egmond

89 The effectiveness of physiotherapy with telerehabilitation 5 RESULTS Study selection The search strategy yielded 1031 results. After removing duplicates, 799 records remained and were initially screened. Fifty-five records were found to be eligible for full screening, of which 23 records were included for qualitative synthesis (Figure 1). Full details of these studies can be found in Table 1. Nineteen of the included studies were randomized controlled trials 8,24-41 , of which two were non-inferiority studies 33,34 , two were pilot studies 25,38 and one was a feasibility study. 31 Two studies had quasi-experimental designs with comparative controls 42,43 , one was a prospective controlled trial 16 , and one was a multisite, two-group experimental study with repeated measures. 44 Figure 1. PRISMA flowchart