Review Article
Efficacy of Auricular Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Table 1
Methodological quality of all included studies.
| Studies | Random allocation | Allocation concealment | Blinding | Incomplete outcome | Selective reporting | Other bias | Quality level |
| Lu et al. 2015 | + | ? | | | | + | B | Suen et al. 2007 | ? | ? | + | + | + | + | A | Wang 2015 | + | | | | + | + | B | Xia et al. 2011 | ? | | | | + | + | B | Yeh et al. 2013 | + | + | + | + | | + | A | Yeh et al. 2014 | + | + | + | + | + | + | A | Yeh et al. 2015 | + | + | + | + | + | + | A |
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“+” = criteria “met”; “−” = criteria “unmet”; “?” = criteria “unclear.”
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