TABLE 4.
First author [ref.] | Methodological quality assessment: randomised controlled trials | ||||||
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Allocation of treatment concealed | Blinding of participants and personnel | Blinding of outcome assessment | Incomplete outcome data | Selective reporting | Other biases (e.g. commercial funding) | |
Calhoun [13] | U | U | L | U | U | H | H |
Honkoop [16] | L | L | H | H | L | L | H |
Powell [26] | L | L | L | L | L | L | U |
Shaw [25] | L | L | L | U | L | L | L |
Smith [24] | U | U | U | U | L | L | H |
Syk [14] | L | L | H | H | L | H | H |
L: low risk of bias; H: high risk of bias; U: unclear risk of bias.