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Table 5 Search strategy PubMed

From: The mechanism of hamstring injuries – a systematic review

Database: PubMed

Date: 2017-02-21

Number of results: 1428 references

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#6

Search #3 NOT #4 Filters: English

1428

#5

Search #3 NOT #4

1480

#4

Search Anterior cruciate ligament[ti] OR patellar tendon[ti] OR ACL[ti] OR posterior cruciate ligament[ti]

13007

#3

Search #1 AND #2

2384

#2

Search “Wounds and Injuries”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “Athletic Injuries”[Mesh] OR “Leg Injuries”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “Sprains and Strains”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “Tendon Injuries”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “injuries”[Subheading] OR injury[tiab] OR injuries[tiab] OR tear[tiab] OR tears[tiab] OR rupture[tiab] OR strain[tiab] OR strains[tiab]

1483367

#1

Search “Hamstring Tendons”[Mesh] OR “Hamstring Muscles”[Mesh] OR hamstring[tiab] OR hamstrings[tiab]

6169

Database: PubMed

Date: 2018-05-30

Number of results: 1688 references

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Items found

#1

Search ((“Hamstring Tendons”[Mesh] OR “Hamstring Muscles”[Mesh] OR hamstring[tiab] OR hamstrings[tiab]) AND (“Wounds and Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Athletic Injuries”[Mesh] OR “Leg Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Sprains and Strains”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Tendon Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “injuries”[Subheading] OR injury[tiab] OR injuries[tiab] OR tear[tiab] OR tears[tiab] OR rupture[tiab] OR strain[tiab] OR strains[tiab])) NOT (Anterior cruciate ligament[ti] OR patellar tendon[ti] OR ACL[ti] OR posterior cruciate ligament[ti]) Filters: English

1688

Database: PubMed

Date: 2018-05-30

Number of results: 1688 references

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#10

Search #7 AND #8 Filters: English

200

#9

Search #7 AND #8

205

#8

Search “2018/05/30”[crdt]: “2019/07/10”[crdt]

1454534

#7

Search #5 NOT #6

1960

#6

Search Anterior cruciate ligament[ti] OR patellar tendon[ti] OR ACL[ti] OR posterior cruciate ligament[ti]

15670

#5

Search #3 AND #4

3156

#4

Search “Wounds and Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Athletic Injuries”[Mesh] OR “Leg Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Sprains and Strains”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Tendon Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “injuries”[Subheading] OR injury[tiab] OR injuries[tiab] OR tear[tiab] OR tears[tiab] OR rupture[tiab] OR strain[tiab] OR strains[tiab]

1687635

#3

Search “Hamstring Tendons”[Mesh] OR “Hamstring Muscles”[Mesh] OR hamstring[tiab] OR hamstrings[tiab]

7710