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. 2017 Jan 3;2017(1):CD010802. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010802.pub2

Banasik 2011.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Women with diagnosed stage II‐IV breast cancer at least 2 months post treatment
Recruited through a local cancer centre's database
Mean age 62.9 years
N = 18
Interventions • Iyengar yoga (yoga postures), 8 weeks, twice weekly for 90 minutes
• Wait‐list, no treatment for 8 weeks
Outcomes Health‐related quality of life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy ‐ Breast Cancer) at week 8
Fatigue (new non‐validated instrument) at week 8
Notes Small sample size without a priori sample size calculation
Large baseline differences between groups
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No information on random sequence generation ("[...] were randomly assigned [...]")
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information on allocation concealment
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information on blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information on blinding
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 22% dropout but well balanced across groups
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No protocol available but no hint of selective reporting
Other bias High risk Large baseline differences between groups