Table 1 The major characteristics of the included trails
| Â | Year of publication | Study design | Sample Size | Mean Age | Gender (F/M) | Pathologies (OA/RA) | Prosthesis design | Length of follow-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GB | MR | GB | MR | GB | MR | GB | MR | |||||
Babazadeh [15] | 2014 | RCT | 51 | 52 | 69.9 | 70.2 | 37/14 | 30/22 | 45/5 | 50/2 | CR | 2 years |
Baier [9] | 2014 | RCT | 19 | 21 | 72.4 | 70.0 | 14/5 | 12/9 | 19/0 | 21/0 | CR | 6 months |
Nikolaides [14] | 2014 | Prospective cohort | 29 | 34 | 70.0 | 71.0 | NR | NR | 20/0 | 34/0 | PS | 7 days |
Luyckx [8] | 2012 | Prospective cohort | 48 | 48 | 65.0 | 64.0 | 30/18 | 34/14 | 48/0 | 48/0 | PS | NR |
Singh [12] | 2012 | RCT | 26 | 26 | 73.0 | 73.0 | NR | NR | 26/0 | 26/0 | CR | 2 years |
Lee HJ [13] | 2011 | RCT | 30 | 30 | 68.9 | 68.9 | 28/2 | 28/2 | 26/4 | 30/0 | CR | 2 years |
Pang [11] | 2011 | RCT | 70 | 70 | 68.0 | 70.0 | 60/10 | 58/12 | 70/0 | 70/0 | CR | 2 years |
Sabbioni [20] | 2011 | Prospective cohort | 31 | 36 | 67.0 | 69.0 | 25/6 | 28/8 | 31/0 | 36/0 | CR | 7 days |
Lee DH [24] | 2010 | RCT | 60 | 56 | 66.0 | 67.0 | 57/3 | 54/2 | 60/0 | 56/0 | CR | 3 months |
Tigani [19] | 2010 | Prospective cohort | 57 | 66 | 67.0 | 69.0 | 42/15 | 46/20 | 55/1 | 64/2 | PS | 7 months |
Dennis [23] | 2010 | Prospective cohort | 20 | 40 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20/0 | 40/0 | PS, CR | 2 years |