Neuroanatomical regions associated with non-progressive dysarthria post-stroke: a systematic review

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Table 2 Quality assessment of included studies using the National Institutes of Health (NIH) quality assessment tools

Study	Study design	Quality assessment score	Quality rating
Ackermann et al. [17]	Case series	6/9	Fair
Barth et al. [35]	Cross-sectional	7/14	Fair
Bassetti et al. [36]	Retrospective observational	7/14	Fair
Beckmann et al. [37]	Cross-sectional	9/14	Fair
Canbaz et al. [16]	Cross-sectional	9/14	Fair
Chung et al. [39]	Retrospective observational	8/14	Fair
Erdemoglu and Duman [38]	Case series	5/9	Fair
Kase et al. [41]	Retrospective observational	7/14	Fair
Kataoka et al. [42]	Cross-sectional	10/14	Fair
Kim et al. [49]	Retrospective observational	8/14	Fair
Kim [46]	Case series	6/9	Fair
Kim [47]	Retrospective observational	8/14	Fair
Kim and Kim [40]	Cross-sectional	9/14	Fair
Kim et al. [18]	Case series	6/9	Fair
Min et al. [48]	Case series	6/9	Fair
Okuda et al. [43]	Case series	6/9	Fair
Schmahmann et al. [50]	Case series	5/9	Fair
Tanaka et al. [44]	Retrospective observational	8/14	Fair
Tohgi et al. [45]	Cross-sectional	9/14	Fair
Urban et al. [31]	Cross-sectional	9/14	Fair
Urban et al. [32]	Case series	6/9	Fair
Urban et al. [33]	Case series	7/9	Good
Urban et al. [34]	Cross-sectional	10/14	Fair
Vuilleumier et al. [19]	Case series	6/9	Fair

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