Table 1.
The keyword combinations used for scoping the international databases.
| PubMed | PEDro | Cochrane | Elsevier | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical exercises and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 2787 | 12 | 4 | 5268 | 8071 |
| Water-based physical exercises and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1738 | 1749 |
| Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 91 | 0 | 1 | 1041 | 1133 |
| Ultrasound and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 186 | 1 | 26 | 4818 | 5031 |
| Laser and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 43 | 1 | 5 | 3498 | 3547 |
| Extracorporeal shockwave therapy and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 15 | 0 | 0 | 485 | 500 |
| Balneotherapy and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 72 |
| Hypoxia–hyperoxia and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 98 |
| Massage therapy and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 198 | 1 | 0 | 2215 | 2414 |
| Cancer quality of life rehabilitation nanotechnology | 6 | 0 | 1 | 523 | 530 |
| Cancer supplements and quality of life | 1637 | 5 | 1064 | 119,132 | 121,838 |
| Lymphedema and cancer rehabilitation and quality of life | 468 | 10 | 84 | 1104 | 1666 |
| Total | 5441 | 30 | 1189 | 139,989 | 146,649 |