Table 2

Cochrane bias rating

Random sequence generationAllocation concealmentBlinding of participants and personnelBlinding of outcome assessmentIncomplete outcome dataSelective reporting
Altman et al17++++?
Altman et al18+??+++
Caborn et al19++
Chevalier et al20++++++
Day et al21+?+++?
Decaria et al22+?++++
Housman et al23++++++
Huang et al27????+?
Leighton et al24+++++?
Navarro-Sarabia et al25+++++
Strand et al26++++??