Table 3.

Quality and risk of bias assessment for randomized studies

	Wang Y. 2012 [24]	Zhao L. 2015 [74]	Yang P. 2012 [76]	Leibowitz D. 2012 [77]	Schmid J.P. 2013 [78]	Yang P. 2013 [79]
Random sequence generation	high risk	low risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk
Allocation concealment	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk
Blinding of participants	high risk	low risk	high risk	low risk	low risk	high risk
Blinding of personnel who provide CSWT treatment	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk
Blinding of outcome assessment	unclear risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk
Incomplete outcome data	high risk	high risk	low risk	high risk	high risk	low risk
Selective reporting	low risk	low risk	low risk	low risk	low risk	low risk
Blinding of CWST procedure	high risk	low risk	high risk	low risk	low risk	high risk
Endpoints were based on sample size calculation	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk	high risk
Complete testing in both groups	low risk	low risk	low risk	low risk	low risk	low risk

CSWT cardiac shock wave therapy