Table S1.
Embase™ search strings, search conducted January 22, 2013
| Search | Search strings | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.mp. or exp chronic obstructive lung disease/ | 68,878 |
| 2 | chronic obstructive lung disease.mp. | 65,527 |
| 3 | chronic obstructive respiratory disease.mp. | 119 |
| 4 | copd.mp. | 33,438 |
| 5 | chronic obstructive airway disease.mp. | 378 |
| 6 | chronic bronchitis.mp. or exp chronic bronchitis/ | 16,146 |
| 7 | lung emphysema.mp. or exp lung emphysema/ | 19,606 |
| 8 | chronic obstructive airway disease.mp. | 378 |
| 9 | chronic airflow obstruction.mp. | 627 |
| 10 | 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 | 103,379 |
| 11 | exp cardiopulmonary exercise test/or exp exercise tolerance/or exp aerobic exercise/or exp exercise/or exp exercise test/ | 228,181 |
| 12 | (exercise or exercise capacity or exercise tolerance).mp. | 302,038 |
| 13 | (clinically important difference or mcid or clinically meaningful).mp. | 6,903 |
| 14 | 11 or 12 or 13 | 311,378 |
| 15 | (‘6 minute walk’ or ‘6m walk’ or ‘6 m walk’ or ‘six minute walk’ or ‘6MWD’).mp. | 4,644 |
| 16 | (‘12 minute walk’ or ‘12m walk’ or ‘12 m walk’ or ‘twelve minute walk’ or ‘12MWD’).mp. | 90 |
| 17 | (‘shuttle walk’ or ‘shuttle walking’ or ‘iswt’ or ‘10 metre walking’ or ‘10 meter walking’ or ‘ESWT’).mp. | 1,010 |
| 18 | cycle ergometer.mp. or exp bicycle ergometer/ | 5,540 |
| 19 | bicycle ergometry.mp. or exp bicycle ergometry/ | 6,840 |
| 20 | (cycle ergometry or cycle ergometric or bicycle ergometric).mp. | 1,721 |
| 21 | treadmill.mp. or exp treadmill/ | 29,379 |
| 22 | (short physical performance battery or sppb).mp. | 367 |
| 23 | 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 | 45,996 |
| 24 | 10 and 14 and 23 | 1,626 |
| 25 | (test or assessment or capacity).mp. | 3,225,394 |
| 24 | 10 and 14 and 23 | 1,408 |
| 25 | (test or assessment or capacity).mp. | 1,099 |