Table 1.
A full electronic search strategy from the EMBASE database, April, 2010
| # | Searches |
|---|---|
| 1 | exp Lower Extremity/ |
| 2 | exp Therapeutics/ |
| 3 | exp Myofascial Pain Syndromes/ |
| 4 | exp"Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)"/or exp"Quality of Life"/or exp"Outcome Assessment (Health Care)"/or exp Questionnaires/or exp Treatment Outcome |
| 5 | exp Heel Pain/or exp Pain Assessment/or exp Foot Pain/or exp Musculoskeletal Pain/ |
| 6 | exp fasciitis/ |
| 7 | exp methodology/ |
| 8 | (leg* or calf or calves or foot or feet or ankle* or toe* or plantar fascia or plantar aponeurosis or plantar ligament or area).mp. |
| 9 | (needl* or acupuncture or inject*) |
| 10 | (trigger area* or trigger point* or"myofascial trigger point pain" or"myofascial pain components" or taut band). |
| 11 | (systematic review or"randomised controlled trial" or RCT or qausi experimental or"single subject design" or comparative study) |
| 12 | VAS or"visual analogue scale" or"visual analysis scale" or"activities of daily living" or"quality of life" or"pressure pain threshold" or algometry |
| 13 | 9 or 2 |
| 14 | 6 or 3 or 10 |
| 15 | 5 or 12 or 4 |
| 16 | 11 or 7 |
| 17 | 1 or 8 |
| 18 | 13 and 14 and 15 and 16 and 17 |