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. 2018 Oct 30;2018(10):CD000323. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000323.pub3

Park 2016a (ii).

Methods As per Park 2016a
(bilateral stimulation vs sham data set)
Participants As data set 1
Interventions Bilateral stimulation (n = 11) vs sham stimulation (n = 6)
Outcomes As data set 1
Notes As data set 1
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Blinding unclear
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Single‐blinded (assessors only)
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Reported only as single‐blinded (assessors only)
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Outcome assessors blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 2 lost to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes reported
Other bias Low risk None identified