Review Article
Is Weight-Bearing Asymmetry Associated with Postural Instability after Stroke? A Systematic Review
Table 2
Reporting quality of individual studies according to the STROBE criteria.
| | | | Van Asseldonk et al. (2006) [29] | Mansfield et al. (2011) [10] | Mansfield et al. (2012) [30] | Marigold et al. (2004) [26] | Marigold and Eng (2006) [25] | Pereira et al. (2010) [27] | Peurala et al. (2007) [28] | Roerdink et al. (2009) [24] | Sackley (1991) [8] | Proportion of studies that satisfied criteria |
| | | 1a | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/9 (22%) | | | 1b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9/9 (100%) | | Background/rationale | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8/9 (89%) | | Objectives | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9/9 (100%) | | Study design | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 | 1/9 (11%) | | Setting | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1* | 1 | 5/9 (56%) | | Participants | 6a | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 6/9 (67%) | | 6b | 1 | 0 | NA | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | NA | 1/5 (20%) | | Variables | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9/9 (100%) | | Data sources/measurement | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8/9 (89%) | | Bias | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4/9 (44%) | | Study size | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/9 (0%) | | Quantitative variables | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7/9 (78%) | | Statistical methods | 12a | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9/9 (100%) | | 12b | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | 3/3 (100%) | | 12c | 1 | 1 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 1 | 3/5 (60%) | | 12d | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1* | 1 | 2/2 (100%) | | 12e | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/9 (0%) | | Participants | 13a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0/9 (0%) | | 13b | NA | 1 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0* | 1 | 2/4 (50%) | | 13c | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0 | 0/2 (0%) | | Descriptive data | 14a | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 8/9 (89%) | | 14b | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7/9 (78%) | | 14c | NA | NA | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1* | 1 | 2/3 (67%) | | Outcome data | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9/9 (100%) | | Main results | 16a | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8/9 (89%) | | 16b | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1/1 (100%) | | 16c | NA | NA | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0/1 (0%) | | Other analysis | 17 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 0 | NA | 1 | 1 | 3/4 (75%) | | Key results | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5/9 (56%) | | Limitations | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6/9 (67%) | | Interpretation | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6/9 (67%) | | Generalizability | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5/9 (56%) | | Funding | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3/9 (33%) |
| | Total score | | 17/26 | 18/27 | 19/28 | 14/25 | 16/27 | 14/26 | 14/26 | 22/31 | 17/30 | |
| | Percentage | | 65% | 67% | 68% | 56% | 59% | 54% | 54% | 71% | 57% | |
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Score is based on the original study of de Haart et al. 2004 [11].
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