Table 2.

Quality Assessment of Included Case Studies

	Nara et al,34 2019	Carson et al,21 2010	Jumbelic et al,27 2010	Edinboro et al,23 1997	Tharp et al,35 2004	Lilleng et al,31 2004	Kronstrand et al,29 1997	Woodall et al,36 2008
Were patient’s demographic characteristics clearly described?	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Was the patient’s history clearly described and presented as a timeline?	✔	✔	–	✔	✖	–	✔	✔
Was the current clinical condition of the patient on presentation clearly described?	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Were diagnostic tests or assessment methods and the results clearly described?	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Was the intervention(s) or treatment procedure(s) clearly described?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Was the post-intervention clinical condition clearly described?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Were adverse events (harms) or unanticipated events identified and described?	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Does the case report provide takeaway lessons?	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Yes	No			Unclear			Not applicable
✔	✖			-			N/A