Exploring influences and risk of bias of studies on return to sport and work after lateral ankle sprain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 4 Quality and risk of bias of included randomized controlled clinical trial studies according to the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool

Ref.	Random sequence generation	Allocation concealment	Blinding of participants and personnel	Blinding of outcome assessment	Incomplete outcome data	Selective outcome reporting	Overall risk
Avci et al[25], 1998	Low	Low	High	High	Low	Low	High
Cooke et al[13], 2009	Low	Low	High	Unclear	Low	Low	High
Eiff et al[35], 1994	Low	Unclear	High	Unclear	Low	Low	High
Hou et al[30], 2022	Low	High	High	Unclear	Low	Low	High
Hupperts et al[27], 2009	Low	Low	High	Low	Low	Low	High
Leanderson et al[38], 1995	Low	Unclear	High	Unclear	Low	Low	High
O’Connor et al[26], 2010[26]	Low	Low	High	High	Low	Low	High
Punt et al[28], 2015	Low	Low	High	Low	Low	Low	High
Razzano et al[29], 2019	Low	Low	High	Low	Low	Low	High
Wang et al[34], 2023	High	High	High	Unclear	Low	Low	High
Slatyer et al[24], 1997	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low