Occupational Therapy International

Review Article

The Usefulness of the Pressure Algometer in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Orofacial Pain Patients: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Assessment of risk of bias.
RSG1AC2BoPaP3BoOA4IOD5SR6OB7
Chaves 2010+−−−+++
Chaves 2013+++++++
Visscher 2004+−++??+
Gomes 2014+−+−++−
Silva 2005−−+−??−
Haddad 2012−−−−??+
Farella 2000−−++??−
Maia 2012+++−−−+
Ayesh 2007−−−−++−
Vignolo 2008−−−−??−
Cioffi 2015++++−−+
Silveira 2014−−++???
Costa 2015−−++−−−
Ayesh 2006−−−+??+
Oono 2012−−−++++
Craane 2012++++−−+
Laat 2003++++−−+
Öz 2010++++−−+
Magri 2017+++++++
Nilner 2008++++−−−
Isleé 2001−−−−???
Piekartz 2014++++−−−
Bernhardt 2007−−−−??+
Silveira 2014−−+−??+
Ferreira 2017+++−+++
1Random sequence generation, 2allocation concealment, 3blinding of participants and personnel, 4blinding of outcome assessment, 5incomplete outcome data, 6selective reporting, and 7other bias. Risk of bias high (−), risk of bias low (+), and risk of bias unknown (?).