The effectiveness of robotic-assisted gait training for paediatric gait disorders: systematic review

Table 2 Risk of bias rating of studies

Study	Level	Random allocation	Allocation concealment	Blinding participants	Blinding of assessment	Incomplete o/come data	Selective reporting	Other
Druzbicki 2010 [15]	II	+	-	-	+	-	+	4 ‘resigned’
Druzbicki 2013 [18]	II	+	-	-	+	-	+	17 ‘resigned’
Smania 2011 [4]	II	+	+	-	+	+	+
Nikityuk 2016 [20]	III2	-	-	-	-	-	+
Brutsch 2011 [14]	III3	-	-	-	-	+	+	Time series
Patritti 2010 [5]	III3	-	-	-	-	+	+	Case studies
Schroeder 2014 [19]	III3	-	-	-	-	+	+	Sample issues
Bayon 2016 [17]	IV	-	-	-	-	-	+
Borggraefe 2008 [21]	IV	-	-	-	-	+	+	Case study
Borggraefe 2010 [25]	IV	-	-	-	-	+	+	Sample issues
Borggraefe 2010 [12]	IV	-	-	-	-	+	+
Borggraefe 2010 [22]	IV	-	-	-	-	-	+	Lost to f/u
Koenig 2008 [16]	IV	-	-	-	-	+	+	Single case
Meyer-Heim 2007 [13]	IV	-	-	-	-	?	+	Sample issues
Meyer-Heim 2009 [23]	IV	-	-	-	-	-	+	Sample issues
Schroeder 2014 [11]	IV	-	-	-	-	-	-	Retrospective
Van Hedel 2015 [24]	IV	-	-	-	-	-	-	Retrospective

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