Table 1 Search strategy

#1 MeSH descriptor plantar plate, this term only #2 (* planta*) :ti,ab,kw #3 (#1 OR #2) #4 MeSH descriptor MRI, this term only #5 MeSH descriptor magnetic resonance imaging, #6 MeSH descriptor US, this term only #7 MeSH descriptor ultrasonography #8 (#4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7) #9 (#3 AND #8)

(plantar[All Fields] AND (“bone plates”[MeSH Terms] OR (“bone”[All Fields] AND “plates”[All Fields]) OR “bone plates”[All Fields] OR “plate”[All Fields]) AND (“magnetic resonance imaging”[MeSH Terms] OR (“magnetic”[All Fields] AND “resonance”[All Fields] AND “imaging”[All Fields]) OR “magnetic resonance imaging”[All Fields] OR “mri”[All Fields])) OR (plantar[All Fields] AND (“bone plates”[MeSH Terms] OR (“bone“[All Fields] AND “plates“[All Fields]) OR “bone plates”[All Fields] OR “plate”[All Fields]) AND (“ultrasonography”[Subheading] OR “ultrasonography“[All Fields] OR “ultrasound”[All Fields] OR “ultrasonography”[MeSH Terms] OR “ultrasound”[All Fields] OR “ultrasonics”[MeSH Terms] OR “ultrasonics”[All Fields]))

1. ‘Plantar’/exp OR Plantar

2. ‘magnetic resonance imaging’/exp OR ‘magnetic resonance imaging’

3. ‘MRI’/exp OR ‘MRI’

4. ‘ultrasonography’/exp OR ultrasonography

5. ‘ultrasonics’/exp OR ultrasonics

6. ‘US’/exp OR ‘US’

7. #2 OR #3

8. #4 OR #5 OR #6

9. #1 AND #7 AND #8