Table 1. The Cochrane risk of bias tool for quality assessment as it was implemented in the selected studies.
Study Sequence
generation
Allocation
concealment
Blinding of participants, personnel and outcome assessors Incomplete
outcome data
Selective
outcome
reporting
Other
sources of bias
Arent et al., 2010 ? + + ? ? +
Betts et al., 2009 ? ? ? + + ?
Cockburn et al., 2013 ? ? ? + + ?
Gentle et al., 2014 ? + + - ? ?
Gilson et al., 2010 + + - + ? +
Gunnarson et al., 2013 - - ? ? - +
Highton et al., 2013 + ? + + + ?
Naclerio et al., 2015 ? ? ? + ? -
Naclerio et al., 2014 - ? ? + ? ?
Poulios et al. 2018 ? ? + + + ?
+: Low risk of bias, - : High risk of bias, ? : unclear risk of bias.