Table 1.
Electronic search strategy used in MEDLINE
| Search # | Keywords and number of records identified |
| Search #1 | Organ transplantation (110179) |
| Search #2 | Transplantation conditioning (7738) |
| Search #3 | Transplant recipients (195) |
| Search #4 | “Transplant recipient$” (27594) |
| Search #5 | 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 (122169) |
| Search #6 | Exercise/or Exercise Therapy/or exercise$ (192344) |
| Search #7 | Rehab$/or rehabilitation (151761) |
| Search #8 | Resistance training/or “physical education and training”/or training (181282) |
| Search #9 | “Physical activity” (47446) |
| Search #10 | Physical exertion (11451) |
| Search #11 | 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 (474657) |
| Search #12 | 5 and 11 (2399) |
| Search #13 | Heart or lung or kidney or pancreas or liver (1433618) |
| Search #14 | 12 and 13 (2200) |
| Search #15 | Limit 14 to humans (2156) |
| Search #16 | Limit 14 to animals (76) |
| Search #17 | 15 not 16 (2121) |
| Search #18 | Limit 17 to randomized controlled trial (60) |