Table 2.
Number of articles identified in different years using different databases and different concise search terms for spinal cord damage not due to trauma
| Search term | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Non-trauma* adj3 spinal cord injur*.ti,ab. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Nontrauma* adj3 spinal cord injur*.ti,ab. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 or 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Non-trauma* adj3 spinal cord injur*.ti,ab. – MEDLINE only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Non-trauma* adj3 spinal cord injur*.ti,ab. – EMBASE only | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Nontrauma* adj3 spinal cord injur*.ti,ab. – MEDLINE only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Nontrauma* adj3 spinal cord injur*.ti,ab. – EMBASE only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Search 3 – MEDLINE only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Search 3 – EMBASE only | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |