Table 6.
Leave one out sensitivity analysis
| No. | Analysis |
Meta-analysis p-value |
I2 | Studies impacting the p-value upon removal | P-value upon removal | Figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between group (Absolute force accuracy: no comparator) | ||||||
| 1. | Overall | 0.001 | 80% | - | No effect | S19 |
| 2. | Repeated measures designa | < 0.001 | 80% | - | No effect | S20 |
| 3. | Cross-sectional design | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Elastic tape | 0.009 | 83% | - | No effect | S21 |
| 5. | Rigid tape | 0.069 | 77% | - | No effect | S22 |
| 6. | Healthy | 0.044 | 78% | Han [49] | 0.109 | S23 |
| Hopper, Grisbrook [80] | 0.080 | |||||
| Chang, Wang [82] | 0.096 | |||||
| Lee, Kwon [83] | 0.051 | |||||
| Chang, Chou [65] | 0.104 | |||||
| 7. | Medial epicondylitis | < 0.001 | 0% | - | No effect | S24 |
| 8. | Lateral epicondylitis | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | Functional ankle instability with fatigue | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10. | Healthy (elastic tapes) | 0.092 | 84% | - | No effect | S25 |
| 11. | Healthy (rigid tape) | 0.123 | 0% | - | - | S26 |
| 12. | Medial epicondylitis (elastic tape) | Same as outcome number 7 | ||||
| 13. | Lateral epicondylitis (rigid tape) | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14. | Functional ankle instability with fatigue (elastic tape) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Between group (Relative force accuracy: no comparator) | ||||||
| 15. | Overall | 0.018 | 60% | Hosseini, Salehi Dehno [68] | 0.065 | S27 |
| Chang, Cheng [66] | 0.056 | |||||
| 16. | Repeated measures designa | 0.065 | 68% | Chang, Wang [82] (healthy) | 0.032 | S28 |
| 17. | Cross-sectional design | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18. | Elastic tape | Same as outcome number 15 | ||||
| 19. | Rigid tape | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20. | Healthy | 0.03 | 71% | Hosseini, Salehi Dehno [68] | 0.069 | S29 |
| Chang, Cheng [66] | 0.117 | |||||
| Chang, Wang [82] | 0.973 | |||||
| 21. | Medial epicondylitis | 0.36 | 0% | - | No effect | S30 |
| 22. | Healthy (elastic tape) | Same as outcome number 20 | ||||
| 23. | Medial epicondylitis (elastic tape) | Same as outcome number 21 | ||||
| Between group (Absolute accuracy: placebo comparator) | ||||||
| 24. | Overall | 0.01 | 55% | Chang, Chou [65] | 0.056 | S31 |
| 25. | Repeated measures designa | Same as outcome number 24 | ||||
| 26. | Elastic tape | Same as outcome number 24 | ||||
| 27. | Rigid tape | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28. | Healthy | 0.007 | 56% | Chang, Chou [65] | 0.089 | S32 |
| 29. | Medial epicondylitis | 0.31 | 0% | - | No effect | S33 |
| 30. | Functional ankle instability (fatigue) | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. | Healthy (elastic tape) | Same as outcome number 28 | ||||
| 32. | Medial epicondylitis (elastic tape) | Same as outcome number 29 | ||||
| 33. | Functional ankle instability-fatigue (elastic tape) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Between group (Relative accuracy: placebo comparator) | ||||||
| 34. | Overall | 0.13 | 72% | - | No effect | S34 |
| 35. | Repeated measures designa | Same as outcome number 34 | ||||
| 36. | Elastic tape | Same as outcome number 34 | - | - | ||
| 37. | Rigid tape | - | - | - | - | - |
| 38. | Healthy | 0.12 | 81% | - | No effect | S35 |
| 39. | Medial epicondylitis | 0.82 | 0% | - | No effect | S36 |
| 40. | Healthy (elastic tape) | Same as outcome number 38 | ||||
| 41. | Medial epicondylitis (elastic tape) | Same as outcome number 39 | ||||
| Within group (Absolute force accuracy) | ||||||
| 42. | Overall | 0.11 | 74% | - | No effect | S37 |
| 43. | Repeated measures designa | 0.15 | 80% | - | No effect | S38 |
| 44. | Quasi experimental design | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45. | Elastic tape | 0.42 | 0% | - | No effect | S39 |
| 46. | Rigid tape | - | - | - | - | - |
| 47. | Functional ankle instability | Same as outcome number 45 | ||||
| 48. | Healthy | - | - | - | - | - |
| 49. | Lateral epicondylitis | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50. | Functional ankle instability (elastic tape) | Same as outcome number 45 | ||||
| 51. | Healthy (rigid tape) | - | - | - | - | - |
| 52. | Lateral epicondylitis (rigid tape) | - | - | - | - | - |
aIncluding studies with case control repeated measures design