TABLE 2.
Risk of bias assessment
| a. Randomized controlled trial | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Randomization process | Deviations from the intended interventions | Missing outcome data | Measurement of the outcome | Selection of the reported result | Overall bias |
| Batitucci et al., 2022 [27] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Brady et al., 2021 [28] | Low | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Haganes et al., 2022 [11] | Low | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Kotarsky et al., 2021 [32] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Lin et al., 2022 [33] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |
| Liu et al., 2023 [34] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |
| Moro et al., 2016 [36] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |
| Moro et al., 2020 [37] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Moro et al., 2021 [12] | Low | Some concerns | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |
| Peeke et al., 2021 [38] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Stratton et al., 2020 [40] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |
| Tinsley et al., 2017 [41] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Some concerns | Some concerns |
| Tinsley et al., 2019 [42] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| b. Randomized crossover study | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Randomization process | Bias arising from period and carryover effects | Deviations from intended interventions | Missing outcome data | Measurement of the outcome | Selection of the reported result | Overall bias |
| Correia et al., 2021 [29] | Some concerns | Some concerns | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Correia et al., 2023 [30] | Some concerns | Low | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Correia et al., 2024 [31] | Some concerns | Low | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Martínez-Rodríguez et al., 2021 [35] | Some concerns | Low | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Richardson et al., 2023 [39] | Some concerns | Low | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |
| Tovar et al., 2021 [43] | Some concerns | Low | Some concerns | Low | Low | Low | Some concerns |