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. 2019 Jul-Sep;12(3):214–221. doi: 10.5935/1984-0063.20190082

Table 4.

Methodological quality of included studies determined by Newcastle-Ottawa scale.

Study Selection Comparability Outcomes Total
Noda et al., 199814 4 1 - 5
Wiklund et al., 200017 5 1 - 6
Aydin et al., 200418 4 2 - 6
Wakai et al., 200416 3 1 - 4
Chrysostomakis et al., 200619 3 2 - 5
Coruzzi et al., 200620 4 1 - 5
Aytemir et al., 200721 4 2 2 8
Zhu et al., 201222 4 1 2 7
Chang et al., 201324 5 2 - 7
Kim et al., 201523 5 2 - 7
Palma et al., 201525 4 2 - 6
Xie et al., 201715 3 1 - 4

Assessment strategy: selection (max. 5 stars), comparability (max. 2 stars) and outcome (max. 3 stars). Range 0-10 stars.