Table 2.
Methodological quality assessment per intervention.
| Study (year) | Criteria | |||||||
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Eligibility criteria | Method of randomization | Single-blinded | Description of intervention | Description of withdrawals | Timing of assessment | Sample size calculation | Intention-to-treat analysis |
| Bond (2010) [53] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | x |
| Tang (2013) [54] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Heisler (2014) [55] | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x |
| Glasgow (2012) [56] | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| McMahon (2012) [57] | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ |
| McKay (2001) [50] | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x |
| McKay (2002) [58] | ✓ | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x |
| Lorig (2010) [59] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x |
| Nobis (2015) [60] | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x |
| Van Bastelaar (2011) [61] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fisher (2013) [62] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x |
| Wangberg (2008) [63] | ✓ | x | x | ✓ | x | x | ✓ | x |
| Hunt (2014) [52] | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x |
| Smith (2000) [64] | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x |
| Pacaud (2012) [65] | x | x | x | x | x | ✓ | x | ✓ |
| Fonda (2009) [66] | x | x | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | x |