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. 2001 Apr 23;2001(2):CD002803. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002803

1. Previous search strategies May 2003.

May 2003
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL 2003,issue 2) 
 1. SPINE:TI or SPINAL:TI or CERVIX:TI or CERVICAL:TI or LUMBAR:TI or THORA*:TI or NECK:TI or WHIPLASH:TI 
 2. IMMOBILI*:TI or STABILI*:TI or STABLE:TI or COLLAR*:TI or BACKBOARD:TI or SPLINT*:TI or BOARD*:TI or STRAPPING:TI or STRAPPED:TI 
 3. HEADBLOCK:TI or SANDBAG:TI or ORTHOSIS:TI or ORTHOTIC:TI or BRACE*:TI 
 4. (#1 and #2) or #3
MEDLINE (1966‐2003.5) 
 1. explode spine/ all subheadings 
 2. explode spinal injuries/ all subheadings 
 3.explode spinal cord injuries/ all subheadings 
 4. spine or spinal or cervix or cervical or lumbar or thora* 
 5. neck or whiplash 
 6. #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 
 7. immobili* or mobility 
 8. explode immobilization/ all subheadings 
 9. stabili* 
 10. collar* 
 11. backboard* or vacuum splint* or neutral position or strapping or strapped or straps or spine board* or tapes or taping 
 12. headblock* or sandbag* or (kendrick in ti,ab) or orthosis 
 13. orthotic 
 14. brace* 
 15. spine board* or splint* 
 16. #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 
 17. log rol* 
 18. #16 or #17 
 19. #18 and #6 
 20. controlled clinical trial* or randomi* or explode research design / all subheadings or double blind or placebo or meta‐analysis or metaanalys* or (clinical trial in pt) 
 21. #19 and #20
EMBASE (1966‐2003.4) 
 1. explode spine/ all subheadings 
 2. explode "spinal‐cord‐injury"/ all subheadings 
 3. "cervical‐spine‐injury"/ all subheadings 
 4. explode "spine‐injury"/ all subheadings 
 5. spine or spine or cervix or cervical or lumbar or thora* 
 6. neck or whiplash 
 7. #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 
 8. immobil* or mobility 
 9. stabili* or stable or collar* 
 10. backboard* or vacuum splint* or neutral position* or strapping or strapped or straps or spine board* or tapes or taping 
 11. headblock* or sandbag* or (kendrick in ti,ab) or orthodos* or orthotic* or brace* 
 12. spine board or splint* or halo 
 13. #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 
 14. #7 and #13 
 15. trial* or randomi* 
 16. double blind or placebo* 
 17. meta‐analys* or metaanalys* 
 18. explode clinical trial/ all subheading 
 19. explode controlled study/ all subheadings 
 20. control* 
 21. #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20 
 22. #21 and #14 
 23. human in de 
 24. nonhuman in de 
 25. #24 not (#24 and #23) * 
 26. #22 not #25
CINAHL (1982‐2000.3) 
 1. (spine or spine or cervix or cervical or lumbar or thora*) in ti,ab,de 
 2. (neck or whiplash) in ti,ab,de 
 3. (immobil* or mobility) in ti,ab,de 
 4. (stabili* or stable or collar*) in ti,de,ab 
 5. (backboard* or vacuum splint* or neutral position* or strapping or strapped or straps or spine board* or tapes or taping) in ti,de,ab 
 6. (headblock* or sandbag* or (kendrick in ti,ab) or orthodos* or orthotic* or brace*) in ti,ab,de 
 7. (spine board or splint* or halo) in ti,de,ab 
 8. (trial* or randomi* or double blind or placebo*) in ti,ab,de 
 9. (meta‐analys* or metaanalys* or control*) in de,ti,ab 
 10. #1 or #2 
 11. #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 
 12. #8 or #9 * 
 13. #10 and #11 and #12