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. 2013 Mar;37(1):30–36. doi: 10.5142/jgr.2013.37.30

Table 2.

Risk of bias in included trials

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

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.