Table 1

Assessment of risk of bias using Cochrane tool

Random sequence generation

(selection bias)

Allocation concealment

(selection bias)

Blinding of participants and personnel

(performance bias)

Blinding of outcome assessment

(detection bias)

Incomplete outcome data

(attrition bias)

Selective reporting

(reporting bias)

Morgan and Casscells54

+

+

Morgan et al31

+

+

Barber38

+

+

Horibe et al55

?

?

Fritz et al29

+

+

Mariani et al40

+

+

Shelbourne et al41

+

+

Barber and Click50

?

+

Mintzer et al*17

+

+

Bloome et al18

+

+

Noyes and Barber-Westin46

+

+

O’Shea and Shelbourne47

?

+

Kocabey et al42

+

+

Bryant et al48

+ (Randomisation for method of repair)

+

?

?

?

+

Haklar et al45

+

+

Logan et al49

+

+

Lind et al35

+

+

?

+

  • −, high risk of bias; +, low risk of bias; ?, unclear risk of bias.

  • *Athletes under 17 years old.

  • †Very young children.