Firstly, authors would like to mention that the title of this section is not fully precise, as at no point has the truth been misrepresented when reporting the results. Additionally, authors would like to clarify that, in this systematic review with meta-analysis, the data synthesis was conducted as follows:•

In terms of study outcomes, both intra-group and inter-group results were reported within each section, indicating whether the differences were statistically significant based on the