Rijal 2010.

Methods	RCT. Two‐arm parallel‐group design
Participants	38 participants with 60 CTEV feet who presented to one outpatient clinic Inclusion criteria: CTEV Exclusion criteria: prior intervention for CTEV, over 2 years old PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS Age mean (SD, range) days: 195.7 (202.81 3 to 720 days) Sex male (%): 76.2% Basline severity: unclear (report states the groups were equal at baseline for age, sex and Pirani scores) Ponseti Characteristics of feet: 30 feet. 10 unilateral, 8 (4 participants) bilateral. The remaining 12 feet (12 participants) were bilateral cases where one foot was randomised to each group Kite Characteristics of feet: 30 feet. 6 feet unilateral, 12 feet (6 participants) bilateral. The remaining 12 feet (12 participants) were bilateral cases where one foot was randomised to each group
Interventions	Ponseti versus Kite technique in initial treatment of CTEV Randomisation of feet (not participants) Casts were changed in both groups at weekly intervals for 10 weeks. Tendo Achilles tenotomy was undertaken in both groups for those with residual equinus deformity. Feet which were not corrected at the end of 10 weeks were subject to surgical correction Follow‐up: end of treatment
Outcomes	Pirani score
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Computer random generation
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	Unable to blind intervention providers. Observers were blinded. Participant blinding unlikely to affect outcome
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	No missing data
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	High risk	Insufficient information on adverse events
Other bias	Unclear risk	Unsure of operative intervention required after each intervention