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. 2018 Jun;13(3):335–378.
PubMed Search (n = 711)
(“Physical Therapy Modalities”[MH] OR “Physical Therapy”[TIAB] OR Rehabilitation[MH] OR Rehabilitation[TIAB] OR Physiotherapy[TIAB] OR “Conservative”[TIAB] OR “Non-operative”[TIAB] OR “Non-surgical”[TIAB]) AND ((“Rotator Cuff”[MH] OR “Shoulder”[MH] OR “rotator”[TI] OR shoulder*) AND (ruptur*[TI] OR tear*[TI] OR injur*[TI]))
CINHAL (n = 301)
Search ID# Search Term Search Option Results
S5 (S2 OR S3) AND (S1 AND S4) Limiters – English Language; Peer Reviewed
Search modes – Find all my search items
301
S4 S2 OR S3 Search modes – Find all my search items 114,206
S3 (TI “non-surgical”) OR (AB “non-sugrical) OR (TI “Non-operative”) OR (AB “Non-operative) OR (AB Conservative) Search modes – Find all my search items 7,601
S2 (MM “Physical therapy+”) OR (MM “Rehabilization+) OR (MM “Therapeutic Exercise+”) Search modes – Find all my search items 107,091
S1 *MM “Rotator Cuff”) OR “Rotator Cuff” OR (MM “Rotator Cuff Injuries”) Search modes – Find all my search items 2,552
Cochrane Library (n = 314)
ID Search Hits
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Physical Therapy Modalities] explode all trees 19634
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Rehabilitation] explode all trees 19416
#3 MeSH descriptor: [Exercise] explode all trees 17602
#4 MeSH descriptor: [Therapeutics] explode all trees 274319
#5 “non-surgical” or “non-surgical” or “non-surgically” or “conservative” or “non-operative”:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) 6216
#6 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 288525
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Rotator Cuff] explode all trees 371
#8 MeSH descriptor: [Shoulder] explode all trees 420
#9 “rotator” or “shoulder”:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) 5597
#10 injury or injure or tear or torn or rupture or ruptured:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched) 35767
#11 (#7 or #8 or #9) and (#10) 928
#12 #6 and #11 314
Web of Science (n = 369)
SearchID Results Search Strategy
#7 369 (#6 AND #3) AND LANGUAGE: (English) AND DOCUMEN TYPES: (Article)
Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SS, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC Timespan=All years
#6 4,499 #4 AND #5
Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SS, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC Timespan=All years
#5 314,854 (TI=(“Rotator cuff” OR Shoulder OR Shoulder*)) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SS, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC Timespan=All years
#4 61,903 (TS=(“rotator cuff” OR “shoulder OR shoulder*) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SS, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC Timespan=All years
#3 2,189,473 #2 OR #1 Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SS, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC Timespan=All years
#2 709,765 (TI=(conservative OR “non-operative” OR “non-surgical” OR rehabilitation OR therap*)) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SS, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC Timespan=All years
#1 2,127,290 (TS=(“Physical Therapy” OR Physiotherapy OR Rehab OR Therp*)) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SS, BKCI-S, BKCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC Timespan=All years