Table 1.

The quality and CASPe/AMSTAR scores of the studies examined

StudyCASPe 16AMSTAR tool 17Study quality
Sano et al 76/6High
Simons et al 186/6High
Sjogren et al 193/6Medium–low
Sparks et al 206/6High
Serrano et al 213/6Medium–low
Feldman et al 226/6High
Zhou et al 239/11High
Gizachew et al 2411/11High
Sun et al 2511/11High
Pandey et al 269/11High
Richardson et al 279/11High
McGuiness et al 2811/11High
Xiong et al 297/10 aHigh
  • aQuestion number 9 not applicable.