Table 3.

Assessment of the methodological quality of included clinical and biomechanical studies.

Study	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7	Q8	Q9	Q10	Q11	Q12	Q13	Total*
MINORS
Ariywatkul et al. (28)	2	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	8
Choi et al. (22)	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	12
Choi et al. (29)	2	2	1	2	0	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	10
Kazemi et al. (30)	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	6
Kazemi et al. (31)	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	7
Kim et al. (30)	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	0	–	–	-–	–	–	10
Konrads et al. (33)	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	7
Kwon et al. (34)	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	9
Kyung et al. (38)	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	15
Lee et al. (39)	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	–	18
Matsubara et al. (35)	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	12
Monteiro et al. (37)	2	2	0	2	1	2	2	0		-–	–	–	–	11
Miyazaki et al. (36)	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	9
Shah et al. (21)	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	11
Takeuchi et al. (20)	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	7
QUACS
Krause et al. (40)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	9–69
Suero et al. (42)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	6–46
Suero et al. (41)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	9–69

MINORS (Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies) score. Items scored 0 (not reported), 1 (reported but inadequate) or 2 (reported and adequate); QUACS (QUality Appraisal for Cadaveric Studies). Items scored 0 (not reported or inadequate) and 1 (reported and adequate).

*Values are total (relative to maximum) % for QUACS.

N/A, not applicable.