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Table 1 Study quality of included RCT on the Cochrane risk-of-bias criteria

From: Biomechanical and clinical research of Isobar semi-rigid stabilization devices for lumbar degenerative diseases: a systematic review

RCT

Random sequence generation

Allocation concealment

Blinding of participants and personnel

Blinding of outcome assessment

Incomplete outcome data

Selective reporting

Other bias

Deng et al. [21]

Low risk

Low risk

High risk

Unclear risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Feng et al. [28]

Low risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Liu et al. [41]

Low risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Gao et al. [45]

Low risk

Low risk

High risk

Unclear risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

  1. Other bias: the baseline characteristics in the experimental and control groups were different
  2. Low quality: either the randomization sequence generation or the allocation concealment was graded as high or unclear risk, regardless of the risk of the other items
  3. High quality: both the randomization sequence generation and the allocation concealment were graded as low risk, and all the other items except the blinding of participants and personnel were assessed of low or unclear risk
  4. Moderate quality: not meeting the criterion of high and low quality