Table 2 SYRCLE Risk of Bias Assessment for included studies
Author (Year) | Random sequence generation? | Groups similar at baseline? | Allocation concealed? | Animals randomly housed? | Blinding of caregivers and/or examiners? | Random selection for outcome assessment? | Blinding of outcome assessor? | Incomplete outcome data addressed? | Free from selective outcome reporting? | Free from other bias? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmadi (2017) | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ahmadi (2016) | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Aslam (2009) | Unclear | No | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cruz (2015) | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes |
Ionescu (2012) | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lee (2012) | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lu (2015) | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rathinasabapathy (2016) | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sutsko (2012) | Unclear | No | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wakayama (2015) | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes |