Acupuncture for Poststroke Shoulder Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Quality assessment of included studies.

Gao et al. (2014); [15]

Liu and Shi; (2013); [16]

Wan et al. (2013); [17]

Ni et al. (2013); [18]

Zhang et al. (2012) [19]

Bao et al.; (2012) [20]

Chen et al. (2011) [21]

Liu (2009) [22]

Shang et al. (2008) [23]

Zhu et al. (2007); [24]

Zhao and Song; (2004); [25]

Zhou (2002); [26]

() Was the method of randomization adequate?

L

L

L

L

L

U

L

L

U

U

U

U

() Was the treatment allocation concealed?

L

L

L

L

L

U

L

L

U

U

U

U

() Was the patient blinded to the intervention?

U

L

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

() Were the personnel blinded to the intervention?

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

() Was the outcome assessor blinded to the intervention?

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

() Were incomplete outcome data adequately addressed?

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

() Are reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reporting?

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

L

() Was the study apparently free of other problems that could put it at a high risk of bias?

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

Based on the risk of bias assessment tool from the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions, low risk of bias: L, high risk of bias: H, and unclear risk of bias: U.