Table 1 Search Strategy for Systematic Review.

KA24:

AMED 1985 -

CINAHL 1982-

EMBASE 1974-

Kingsfund 1979-

MEDLINE 1966-

1. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "replacement" OR "arthroplast$" (whole document)

AND "rehabilitation" AND "trial$" (whole document)

587 (25)

180 (0)

2. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "replacement" OR "arthroplast$" (whole document)

AND "rehabilitation" AND "trial$" (title)

118 (11)

1 (0)

3. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "replacement" OR "arthroplast$" (whole document)

AND "physiotherapy" AND "trial$" (title)

2 (0)

4 (0)

4. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "replacement" OR "arthroplast$" (whole document)

AND "physiotherapy" (title)

39 (0)

14 (0)

5. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "replacement" OR "arthroplast$" (whole document)

AND "physical therapy" (title)

43 (8)

15 (0)

6. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "replacement" OR "arthroplast$" (whole document)

AND "home programme" (title)

2 (0)

1 (0)

7. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "replacement" OR "arthroplast$" (whole document)

AND "home programme" (whole document)

22 (2)

27 (0)

8. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "replacement" OR "arthroplast$" (whole document)

AND "occupational therapy " (whole document)

35 (0)

3 (0)

9. "hip" OR "knee" (whole document)

AND "occupational therapist$" (title)

0 (0)

3 (0)

Cochrane library:

Cochrane reviews

CCRCT DARE

1. Browsed by topic musculoskeletal

Search narrowed osteoarthritis

Search narrowed rehabilitation

9

11

2. General search term "joint replacement"

80

18

PEDro physiotherapy evidence database

1. "joint replacement AND rehabilitation"

1 (0)

17 (0)

2. "joint replacement"

5 (0)

45 (0)

Dept of Health National Research Register

1. "joint replacement AND rehabilitation"

0

19 (1)

2. "joint replacement AND physiotherapy"

7

9 (0)

3. "joint replacement AND exercise"

2 (0)

6 (0)

4. "joint replacement AND physical therapy"

3 (0)

5 (0)

5. "joint arthroplasty AND physiotherapy"

0

0

6. "joint arthroplasty AND rehabilitation"

2 (1)

2 (0)

7. "joint replacement AND occupational therapy"

5 (0)

5 (0)

Physiotherapy

Key journal – Hand search of contents pages

Nil new

Nil new

Physical Therapy

Key journal – Hand search of contents pages

Nil new

Nil new

JBJS [Br]

Hand search of all conference proceedings

2 new

1

Reference lists

Hand searching of papers included in the review

1 new.

Totals

965 (50)

386 (2)