Table 2.
First author (yr) [ref] | Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Patient and practitioner blinding | Assessor blinding | Reporting drop-out or withdrawal | Intention-to-treat analysis | Selective outcome reporting | Other potential bias |
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| ||||||||
Oh (2010) [11] | L | U | L | L | L | H | L | U |
Kim (2009) [12] | U | U | L | U | U | U | U | H |
Kim (2012) [13] | L | U | L | U | L | L | U | U |
Wiklund (1999) [14] | U | U | L | U | L | L | L | U |
L, low risk of bias; U, unclear; H, high risk of bias.