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. 2024 Dec 5;16(12):e75184. doi: 10.7759/cureus.75184

Table 7. Search strategies: Embase search strategy.

Searches Keywords
S1 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("Critical Illness")
S2 ab("critically ill") OR ti("critically ill")
S3 ab("critical care") OR ti("critical care")
S4 ab("critical illness") OR ti("critical illness")
S5 S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4
S6 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("physiotherapy")
S7 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("occupational therapy")
S8 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("rehabilitation medicine")
S9 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("kinesiotherapy")
S10 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("rehabilitation")
S11 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("patient care planning")
S12 ab(physiotherap*) OR ti(physiotherap*)
S13 ab("occupational therapy") OR ti("occupational therapy")
S14 ab("physical therapy") OR ti("physical therapy")
S15 ab("Exercise Therapy") OR ti("Exercise Therapy")
S16 ab(Rehabilitation) OR ti(Rehabilitation)
S17 ab("Patient Care Planning") OR ti("Patient Care Planning")
S18 S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9 OR S10 OR S11 OR S12 OR S13 OR S14 OR S15 OR S16 OR S17
S19 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("randomized controlled trial")
S20 EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("controlled clinical trial")
S21 TI(random*) OR AB(random*)
S22 EMB.EXACT.EXACT("randomization")
S23 EMB.EXACT.EXACT("intermethod comparison")
S24 TI(placebo) OR AB(placebo)
S25 TI(compare OR compared OR comparison) OR AB(compare OR compared OR comparison)
S26 AB(evaluated OR evaluate OR evaluating OR assessed OR assess) AND AB(compare OR compared OR comparing OR comparison)
S27 TI(open NEAR/1 label) OR AB(open NEAR/1 label)
S28 (TI(double OR single OR doubly OR singly) NEAR/1  TI(blind OR blinded OR blindly)) OR (AB(double OR single OR doubly OR singly) NEAR/1 OR AB(blind OR blinded OR blindly))
S29 EMB.EXACT.EXACT("double blind procedure")
S30 TI(parallel NEAR/1 group*) OR AB(parallel NEAR/1 group*)
S31 TI(crossover OR "cross over") OR AB(crossover OR "cross over")
S32 (TI(assign* OR match OR matched OR allocation) NEAR/6 TI(alternate OR group OR groups OR intervention OR interventions OR patient OR patients OR subject OR subjects OR participant OR participants)) OR  (AB(assign* OR match OR matched OR allocation) NEAR/6 AB(alternate OR group OR groups OR intervention OR interventions OR patient OR patients OR subject OR subjects OR participant OR participants))
S33 TI(assigned OR allocated) OR AB(assigned OR allocated)
S34 (TI(controlled) NEAR/8 TI(study OR design OR trial)) OR (AB(controlled) NEAR/8 AB(study OR design OR trial))
S35 TI(volunteer OR volunteers) OR AB(volunteer OR volunteers)
S36 EMB.EXACT.EXACT("human experiment")
S37 TI(trial)
S38 S19 OR S20 OR S21 OR S22 OR S23 OR S24 OR S25 OR S26 OR S27 OR S28 OR S29 OR S30 OR S31 OR S32 OR S33 OR S34 OR S35 OR S36 OR S37
S39 (TI(random* NEAR/1 sampl* NEAR/8 ("cross section*" OR questionnaire* OR survey OR surveys OR database OR databases)) OR AB(random* NEAR/1 sampl* NEAR/8 ("cross section*" OR questionnaire* OR survey OR surveys OR database OR databases))) NOT (EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("comparative study") OR EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("controlled study") OR TI("randomised controlled") OR AB("randomised controlled") OR TI("randomized controlled") OR AB("randomized controlled") OR TI("randomly assigned") OR AB("randomly assigned"))
S40 EMB.EXACT.EXACT("cross-sectional study") NOT (EMB.EXACT.EXPLODE("randomized controlled trial") OR EMB.EXACT.EXACT("controlled clinical study") OR EMB.EXACT.EXACT("controlled study") OR TI("randomised controlled") OR AB("randomised controlled") OR TI("randomized controlled") OR AB("randomized controlled") OR TI("control group") OR AB("control group") OR TI("control groups") OR AB("control groups"))
S41 (TI("case control*") OR AB("case control*")) AND (TI(random*) OR AB(random*)) NOT (TI("randomised controlled") OR AB("randomised controlled") OR TI("randomized controlled") OR AB("randomized controlled"))
S42 TI("systematic review") NOT TI(trial OR study)
S43 (TI(nonrandom*) OR AB(nonrandom*)) NOT (TI(random*) OR AB(random*))
S44 TI("random field*") OR AB("random field*")
S45 TI("random cluster" NEAR/4 sampl*) OR AB("random cluster" NEAR/4 sampl*)
S46 (AB(review) AND TI(review)) NOT TI(trial)
S47 AB("we searched") AND (TI(review) OR RTYPE(review))
S48 AB("update review")
S49 AB(databases NEAR/5 searched)
S50 ((TI(rat OR rats OR mouse OR mice OR swine OR porcine OR murine OR sheep OR lambs OR pigs OR piglets OR rabbit OR rabbits OR cat OR cats OR dog OR dogs OR cattle OR bovine OR monkey OR monkeys OR trout OR marmoset*) OR AB(rat OR rats OR mouse OR mice OR swine OR porcine OR murine OR sheep OR lambs OR pigs OR piglets OR rabbit OR rabbits OR cat OR cats OR dog OR dogs OR cattle OR bovine OR monkey OR monkeys OR trout OR marmoset*)) AND EMB.EXACT.EXACT("animal experiment"))
S51 EMB.EXACT.EXACT("animal experiment") NOT (EMB.EXACT.EXACT("human experiment") OR EMB.EXACT.EXACT("human"))
S52 S39 OR S40 OR S41 OR S42 OR S43 OR S44 OR S45 OR S46 OR S47 OR S48 OR S49 OR S50 OR S51
S53 S38 NOT S52
S54 S5 AND S18 AND S53