Table 6. Methodological quality scores of stereophotogrammetry studies with an overall quality score of ≥60%.
| First author | Year | Topic | Study design | Measure | Statistics | Score | ||||||||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | ||||
| Ras | 1994 | facial asymmetry |
|
|
o |
|
o | o | . |
|
. |
|
. |
|
|
|
o | 67% |
| Al-Omari | 2003 | facial deformity scoring |
|
|
o |
|
. | o | . |
|
. |
|
. |
|
. |
|
|
80% |
| Devlin | 2007 | nasal symmetry |
|
o | o |
|
. | o | . |
|
. |
|
. |
|
. |
|
o | 60% |
| Bugaighis | 2010 | facial shape |
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
|
. |
|
. |
|
|
|
o | 92% |
| Hoefert | 2010 | soft tissue changes face |
|
o | o |
|
|
|
. |
|
. | o |
|
|
o |
|
|
69% |
| Hoefert | 2010 | soft tissue changes face |
|
|
o |
|
|
o | . |
|
. |
|
|
O | . | . | . | 70% |
| Tanikawa | 2010 | Lips |
|
|
o |
|
. | o | . |
|
. |
|
. |
|
o |
|
o | 64% |
| Van Loon | 2010 | Nose |
|
|
o |
|
o | o | . |
|
. |
|
. |
|
|
|
|
75% |
| Clark | 2011 | Lips |
|
|
o |
|
|
o | . |
|
|
o |
|
|
|
|
o | 71% |
| Kau | 2011 | maxilla/lip after bone graft |
|
o | o |
|
o |
|
. |
|
|
o | . |
|
|
o |
|
62% |
| Sander | 2011 | Nose |
|
|
o |
|
|
|
. |
|
o |
|
|
|
|
|
o | 79% |
| Zreaqat | 2012 | lips, eyes, nose, chin with controls |
|
|
o |
|
|
o | . |
|
. |
|
. |
|
|
|
|
77% |
| Millar | 2013 | facial asymmetry and scars |
|
|
|
o |
|
o | . |
|
. | o | . |
|
|
|
o | 67% |
= Fulfilled satisfactorily the methodological criteria;
o = Did not fulfill the methodological criteria;
. = Not applicable.