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Table 1 Search strategy and key terms used

From: The prevalence of myofascial trigger points in neck and shoulder-related disorders: a systematic review of the literature

Database

Keywords

Number of Studies

CINAHL

(1) shoulder/ or glenohumeral/ or scapular/ or scapula/ or neck/ or cervical; (2) trigger point/ or trigger points; (3) prevalence; (4) disease/ or musculoskeletal diseases; (5) 1 and 2 and 3 and 4

3

Embase

(1) shoulder/ or glenohumeral/ or scapular/ or scapula/ or neck/ or cervical; (2) trigger point/ or trigger points; (3) prevalence; (4) disease/ or musculoskeletal diseases; (5) 1 and 2 and 3 and 4

2

Pubmed

(1) shoulder/ or glenohumeral/ or scapular/ or scapula/ or neck/ or cervical; (2) trigger point/ or trigger points (3) prevalence (4) “disease” [MeSH Terms]/ OR disease [All Fields]/ or disorder [All Fields]/ or condition [All Fields]/ or “musculoskeletal diseases” [MeSH Terms] (5) 1 and 2 and 3 and 4

40

Scopus

(1) shoulder/ or glenohumeral/ or scapular/ or scapula/ or neck/ or cervical; (2) trigger point/ or trigger points; (3) prevalence; (4) disease/ or musculoskeletal diseases; (5) 1 and 2 and 3 and 4

30

Web of Science

(1) shoulder/ or glenohumeral/ or *scapula*/ or neck/ or Cervical; (2) trigger* point*; (3) prevalence; (4) disease/ or musculoskeletal diseases; (5) 1 and 2 and 3 and 4

38

Total number of articles identified

Excluding Duplicates

113

84