The Physiological and Biochemical Outcomes Associated with a Reflexology Treatment: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Risk of bias (ROB) analysis.

Study	Type of study	Adequate sequence generation	Allocation concealment	Adequate blinding-participant	Adequate blinding- clinician	Adequate blinding-outcome assessor	Incomplete outcome data assessment	Selective reporting bias	Other bias	Risk of bias
Jones et al., 2013 [30]	RCT	Low	Low	Low	High	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Hodgson and Lafferty, 2012 [31]	Pilot	Unclear	Unclear	High	High	Low	Low	Low	Low	Unclear
Jones et al., 2012 [3]	RCT	Low	Low	Low	High	Low	Unclear	Low	Low	Low
Ruiz-Padial et al., 2012 [32]	RCT	Unclear	Unclear	Low	High	Unclear	Low	Low	Low	Unclear
Sliz et al., 2012 [26]	RCT	Low	Low	High	High	Unclear	Low	Low	Low	Low
Hughes et al., 2011 [25]	Pilot	Low	Low	Low	High	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Lu et al., 2011 [33]	RCT	Unclear	Unclear	Low	Unclear	Unclear	Low	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear
Moeini et al., 2011 [34]	RCT	Low	High	High	High	High	Unclear	Low	Low	Unclear
Green et al., 2010 [35]	RCT	Low	Low	High	High	Unclear	Low	Low	Unclear	Low
Holt et al., 2009 [36]	RCT	Low	Low	Low	High	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Mackereth et al., 2009 [37]	RCT	Low	Low	High	High	Unclear	High	Low	Unclear	Unclear
Hodgson and Andersen, 2008 [38]	RCT	High	High	High	High	Low	Unclear	High	Unclear	High
Gunnarsdottir and Jonsdottir, 2007 [39]	Pilot	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	High	High	Unclear	Low	Low	Unclear
Mc Vicar et al.,2007 [40]	Pilot	Unclear	Unclear	High	High	High	High	High	Low	High
Wilkinson et al., 2006 [41]	RCT	Unclear	Unclear	High	High	Unclear	High	High	High	High
Mollart, 2003 [10]		Unclear	High	High	High	High	High	High	Unclear	High
Frankel, 1997 [42]	Pilot	Unclear	Low	Unclear	High	Unclear	Low	Low	Low	Unclear