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Alimoradi, Mohammad
Alghosi, Mohammad
Iranmanesh, Mojtaba
Moinuddin, Mohammed
Relph, Nicola https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3323-3444
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Accepted: 10 September 2025
First Online: 29 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: All studies from which data were examined are cited in the references section.
: Ethics approval was not required as the current paper is a systematic review.
: The study’s conception and design were contributions from M.ALI. The initial draft of the manuscript was written by M.ALI., M.ALG., and M.I. with input and feedback provided by N.R. on earlier versions. M.ALI., N.R. M.ALG., and M.I. were involved in implementing the search strategy, applying inclusion/exclusion criteria, and administering the quality scoring system. N.R. and M.M. completed the meta-analysis. Finally, all authors reviewed and gave their approval for the final version of the manuscript.
: Informed consent for subjects within the studies that this review encompasses was obtained for all relevant studies by the researchers conducting those studies.
