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. 2024 Jan 6;14(1):57. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14010057

Table 1.

Search strategy.

Database Number of Articles Search Strategy
PubMed 16 (“stroke” OR “cerebrovascular accident” OR “hemiparesis” OR “hemiplegia”) AND (“Resistance Training” OR “Strength Training” OR “strengthening”) AND (“Muscle Spasticity” OR “Muscle Hypertonia” OR “Spastic*” OR “Muscle Tonus”)
Filter applied: Randomized Controlled Trial
PEDro 39 (“Stroke” AND “spasticity)
Therapy: strength training
Subdiscipline: neurology
Methods: clinical trial
Web of Science
(All Databases)
30 TS = ((“stroke” OR “cerebrovascular accident” OR “hemiparesis” OR “hemiplegia”) AND (“Resistance Training” OR “Strength Training” OR “strengthening”) AND (“Muscle Spasticity” OR “Muscle Hypertonia” OR “Spastic*” OR “Muscle Tonus”))
Document Types: Clinical Trial
Scopus 100 TITLE-ABS-KEY((“stroke” OR “cerebrovascular accident” OR “hemiparesis” OR “hemiplegia”) AND (“Resistance Training” OR “Strength Training” OR “strengthening”) AND (“Muscle Spasticity” OR “Muscle Hypertonia” OR “Spastic*” OR “Muscle Tonus”)
CENTRAL 89 (“stroke” OR “cerebrovascular accident” OR “hemiparesis” OR “hemiplegia”) AND (“Resistance Training” OR “Strength Training” OR “strengthening”) AND (“Muscle Spasticity” OR “Muscle Hypertonia” OR “Spastic*” OR “Muscle Tonus”)