Table 1 MeSH and DeCS terms put into groups by mean and search strategy
Terms | Identifier | |
|---|---|---|
“Rotator cuff” | 1 | |
Biceps or “long head of the biceps tendon” or “long head of the biceps brachii tendon” | 2 | |
Injury* or torn* or wound* or dislocation* or tear* | 3 | |
Shoulder | 4 | |
“Treatment outcome” | 5 | |
“Clinical trial” | 6 | |
“Manguito de los rotadores” | 7 | |
Bíceps or “porción larga del bíceps” | 8 | |
Lesión* or desgarro* or luxación* | 9 | |
Database | Search strategy | Simplified strategy |
Pubmed | (“rotator cuff” or shoulder) and (biceps or “long head of the biceps tendon” or “long head of the biceps brachii tendon”) and (injury* or torn* or wound* or tear* or “treatment outcome”) | (1 or 4) and 2 and (3 or 5) |
Web of Science | “rotator cuff” and (biceps or “long head of the biceps tendon”) and (injury* or torn* or wound* or dislocation* or tear* or “treatment outcome”) and “clinical trial” | 1 and 2 and (3 or 5) and 6 |
PEDro | “rotator cuff” and biceps | 1 and 2 |
Scopus | “rotator cuff” and (biceps or “long head of the biceps tendon”) and (injury* or torn* or wound* or dislocation* or tear* or “treatment outcome”) and “clinical trial” | 1 and 2 and (3 or 5) and 6 |
Cihnal | “rotator cuff” and biceps and “clinical trial” | 1 and 2 and 6 |
Dialnet | (“manguito de los rotadores” or bíceps) and (lesión* or desgarro* or luxación*) | (7 or 8) and 9 |