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. 2016 Aug 15;6(8):e011757. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011757

Table 2.

Sources of academic and grey literature

Search type
(date range searched)		 Sources of literature
Academic search
(inception to present)		 AgeLine (EBSCO; 1978 to present)
CINAHL Complete (EBSCO; 1937 to present)
EBM Reviews (OVID; 1991 to present)
Ergo-Abs (Ergonomics Abstracts, EBSCO; 1985 to present)
MEDLINE (Ovid; 1950 to present)
SPORTDiscus (EBSCO; 1830 to present)
Web of Science (Thomson Reuters; 1898 to present)
Grey literature search (1990 to present) Clinical trial registries:

  • Clinicaltrials.gov

  • Controlled-trials.com

Theses/dissertations:

  • ProQuest Theses and Dissertations

Abstracts/conference proceedings for target associations:

  • Bioengineering

  • Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

  • ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference

Biomechanics

  • Annual Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics

  • Biennial Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biomechanics

  • Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics

Falls prevention

  • Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society

  • International Conference on Fall Prevention and Protection

  • International Society for Posture and Gait Research World Congress

Gerontology

  • Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting

  • Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting

  • World Conference of Gerontechnology

  • World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Websites of target organisations:

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

  • American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International

  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

  • OpenSIGLE

  • Parachute Canada

  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

  • UK Health Technology Assessment

  • US Center for Health Design

  • WHO Health Evidence Database (HEN)
Hand searching (1990 to present if warranted) Reference lists of all eligible records
Tables of contents of 1–2 key journals
Consultation with experts (NA) We will consult with content experts and the Research Advisory Panel to identify individual records not already uncovered by our academic database, grey literature and hand searches.

NA, not applicable.