Review Article

Effect of Acupuncture Intervention and Manipulation Types on Poststroke Dysarthria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Risk of bias of the studies included in the review.

CategoryLuo (2012)Feng (2015)Liang (2014)Wang (2016)Li (2015)Guan (2016)Zeng (2011)Hu (2011)Lai (2011)Shi (2012)Han (201 )Liu (2012)Jia (2016)Yang (2017)Kang (2017)

(1). Was the method of randomization adequate?HLHHLHHHLLLHHHH
(2). Was the treatment allocation concealed?UUUUUUUULUULUUU
(3). Was the patient blinded to the intervention?UUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
(4). Were the personnel blinded to the intervention?UUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
(5). Was the outcome assessor blinded to the intervention?UUUUUUUULUULUUU
(6). Were incomplete outcome data addressed?UUUULUULLLULLUU
(7). Are reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reporting?LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
(8). Was the study free of other problems that could put it at a high risk of bias?UUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

H: high risk, L: low risk, U: uncertain.