Certainty assessment | № of patients | Effect | Certainty | Importance | ||||||||
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№ of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | 3D scanning | traditional methods | Relative (95% CI) | Absolute (95% CI) | ||
Forefoot width | ||||||||||||
observational studies | not serious | seriousa,b | not serious | not serious | none | 203 | 203 | – | not estimable | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT | |
Rearfoot width | ||||||||||||
observational studies | not serious | seriousa, c | not serious | seriousb | none | 203 | 203 | – | not estimable | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT | |
Arch height (medial) | ||||||||||||
observational studies | not serious | serious a, c | not serious | seriousb | none | 73 | 73 | – | not estimable | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT | |
Time spent to cast or scan for foot and ankle (min) | ||||||||||||
[26] | randomised trials | not serious | not serious | not serious | seriousb | none | 64 | 70 | – | MD 1.33 min higher (0.4 lower to 3.1 higher) | ⨁⨁⨁◯ MODERATE | CRITICAL |
Time spent to cast or scan for foot (min) | ||||||||||||
[28] | observational studies | very seriousd,e | not serious | not serious | very seriousf | none | 1 | 1 | – | not estimable | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT |