Table 1.
Search strategy to be used for the MEDLINE electronic database
| Database | Search terms | |
|---|---|---|
| MEDLINE 1946–present (Ovid) |
1 | exp Ultrafiltration/ or exp kidney failure, chronic/ or exp peritoneal dialysis, continuous ambulatory/ or exp renal replacement therapy/ or exp kidney transplantation/ or exp renal dialysis/ or exp renal insufficiency/ or exp kidney diseases/ or exp kidney diseases, cystic/ or exp glomerular filtration rate/ or exp nephrology/ |
| 2 | (hemodialysis or hemofiltration or hemodiafiltration).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 3 | dialysis.ti,ab,kw. | |
| 4 | (PD or CAPD or CCPD or APD).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 5 | (kidney disease* or renal disease*).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 6 | (renal insufficiency or kidney failure or renal failure).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 7 | (end-stage kidney or end-stage renal or endstage kidney or endstage renal).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 8 | (CKF or CKD or CRF or CRD or ESRF or ESKF or ESRD or ESKD).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 9 | (predialysis or pre-dialysis).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 10 | (nephropath* or nephrit* or glomerul*).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 11 | (ur*emi*).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 12 | (kidney transplant* or renal transplant*).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 13 | or/1-12 | |
| 14 | exp Exercise/ or exp Exercise Therapy/ or exp Exercise Movement Techniques/ or exp ‘Physical Education and Training’/ or exp ‘Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine’/ or exp Physical Fitness/ or exp Sports Medicine/ or exp Sports/ or exp Sports for Persons with Disabilities/ or exp Rehabilitation Nursing/ or exp Rehabilitation Centers/ or exp Rehabilitation/ or exp Physical Exertion/ or exp Motor Activity/ or exp Movement/ or exp Sedentary Lifestyle/ or exp tai ji/ or exp yoga/. | |
| 15 | exercis*.ti,ab,kw. | |
| 16 | fitness.ti,ab,kw. | |
| 17 | (cycling or ergometer).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 18 | (walk* or treadmill).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 19 | aerobic*.ti,ab,kw. | |
| 20 | (physical fit* or physical condition* or physical education or physical train* or physical mobility or physical activit* or physical exertion or physical effort).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 21 | (physical therap* or physiotherap*).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 22 | (strength* train* or aerobic train* or exercise* train*).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 23 | (muscle strengthening or muscular strength or muscular resistance).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 24 | (weight lift* or weights lift* or weightlifting or power lifting or weight training).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 25 | kinesi*.ti,ab,kw. | |
| 26 | (training course* or training program*).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 27 | (rehabilitat*).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 28 | or/14–27 | |
| 29 | exp controlled clinical trial/ or exp randomized controlled trial/ | |
| 30 | (randomi?ed or placebo* or randomly or trial or RCT or control groups).ti,ab,kw. | |
| 31 | or/29-30 | |
| 32 | 13 and 28 and 31 |