Review Article

Chinese Herbal Medicine Paratherapy for Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of 19 Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

The included trials scored according to the risk of bias criteria.

ABCDEFGHIJKLTotal +/12Total −/12Total ?/12

Cui et al. [17]+???++?+444
Wang et al. [18]++?????++435
Wang et al. [19]?????+?+246
Shen and Yuan [20]????++?+345
Luo et al. [21]????++++444
Zheng and Luo [22]????++++444
Xie et al. [23]?????+++345
Cheng et al. [24]?????+?+246
Zhu et al. [25]????+??+246
Zhao et al. [26]++++++?+++++1101
Kum et al. [27]+++++?++++921
Yang et al. [28]++++++?++++1011
Yuan et al. [29]++++???+?++714
Hong [30]?????+?+246
Fan et al. [31]????+++354
Dou and Diao [32]?????+++344
Li et al. [33]????++++444
Wu et al. [34]+???++++543
Pan et al. [35]++++?+?+??+804

A: adequate sequence generation; B: concealment of allocation; C: blinding (patient); D: blinding (investigator); E: blinding (assessor); F: incomplete outcome data addressed (ITT analysis); G: incomplete outcome data addressed (dropouts); H: free of selective reporting; I: similarity at baseline; J: cointerventions constant; K: compliance acceptable; L: similar timing outcome assessments. +: yes, −: no, ?: unclear.