Table 1. .

Search Strategy

Step	Search Terms	Boolean Operator	EBSCO Host	PubMed
1	Chronic ankle instability	OR	1933	733
	Functional ankle instability
	Ankle instability
2	Rehabilitation	OR	2 875 934	7 288 050
	Treatment
	Balance
	Postural control
	Mobilization
	Strength
3	Surgery	OR	1 885 167	2 404 068
	Surgical
4	1, 2	AND	624	577
5	3, 4	NOT	421	242
Duplicates				217a
Total identified				446

^aTotal number of duplicates between EBSCO and PubMed.