Table 1 Strategies used to search the literature on musculoskeletal pain in overweight and obese children
Specific search elements | Steps in search process | Term combination |
|---|---|---|
‘Characteristic’ | 1 | *Obesity/ |
2 | ‘obes*’.ab,ti. | |
3 | *Obesity, Morbid/ | |
4 | *Overweight/ | |
5 | ‘overweight’.ab,ti. | |
Combining characteristic terms | 6 | 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 |
‘Population’ | 7 | limit 6 to (‘child (6 to 12 years)’ or ‘adolescent (13 to 18 years)’) |
‘Symptom’ | 8 | *Pain/ |
9 | ‘pain’.ab,ti. | |
10 | *Chronic Pain/ | |
‘Body region’ | 11 | *Back Pain/ |
12 | *Low Back Pain/ | |
13 | (‘knee’ adj3 ‘pain’).ab,ti. | |
14 | (‘hip’ adj3 ‘pain’).ab,ti. | |
15 | (‘foot’ adj3 ‘pain’).ab,ti. | |
16 | (‘musculoskeletal’ adj3 ‘pain’).ab,ti. | |
17 | *Pelvic pain/ | |
18 | (‘pelvi*’ adj3 ‘pain’).ab,ti. | |
Final search | 19 | 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 |
