Study selection

RM Risako Mikami
YK Yuriko Komagamine
NA Norio Aoyama
KM Koji Mizutani
YS Yoshiyuki Sasaki
TI Takanori Iwata
SM Shunsuke Minakuchi
MK Manabu Kanazawa
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Initially, titles and abstracts of all retrieved articles were screened for potentially eligible studies. Full-length articles of the identified studies were examined in detail according to eligibility criteria of this review. Two reviewers (RM and KM) independently performed the screening process. The agreement between them was calculated using kappa statistics. Disagreement between reviewers was resolved by discussion until consensus was reached through further discussion.

The following factors were required for inclusion:

Exclusion criteria were as follows:

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