Table 1.
Step |
Search Terms |
Boolean Operator |
EBSCO Host |
PubMed |
1 | Chronic ankle instability | OR | 3114 | 3291 |
Functional ankle instability | ||||
Ankle instability | ||||
Mechanical ankle instability | ||||
2 | Manual therapy | OR | 188 137 | 166 098 |
Joint mobilization | ||||
Joint mobilisation | ||||
Manipulation | ||||
Maitland | ||||
Mulligan | ||||
3 | 1, 2 | AND | 124 | 72 |
Duplicates | 32a | |||
Total identified | 164 |
Total number of duplicates between EBSCO and PubMed.