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.
| Category | Luo (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? | H | L | H | H | L | H | H | H | L | L | L | H | H | H | H | (2). Was the treatment allocation concealed? | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | L | U | U | L | U | U | U | (3). Was the patient blinded to the intervention? | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | (4). Were the personnel blinded to the intervention? | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | (5). Was the outcome assessor blinded to the intervention? | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | L | U | U | L | U | U | U | (6). Were incomplete outcome data addressed? | U | U | U | U | L | U | U | L | L | L | U | L | L | U | U | (7). Are reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reporting? | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | (8). Was the study 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 | U | U | U |
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H: high risk, L: low risk, U: uncertain.
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