Table 1.
Search terms used for systematic review literature search (156 combinations in total) conducted on Web of Science and PubMed to obtain literature surrounding risk factors for canine osteoarthritis and its predisposing conditions.
| Species | AND | Disease | AND | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog | Degenerative joint disease | Risk Factor* | ||
| OR | OR | OR | ||
| Canine | Osteoarth* | Predictor* | ||
| OR | OR | |||
| Dysplas* | Susceptibility | |||
| OR | OR | |||
| Dislocat* | Cause | |||
| OR | OR | |||
| Joint fracture | Prevalence | |||
| OR | OR | |||
| Ununited anconeal process | Incidence | |||
| OR | ||||
| Luxat* | ||||
| OR | ||||
| Cruciate ligament | ||||
| OR | ||||
| Developmental elbow disease | ||||
| OR | ||||
| Fragmented coronoid process | ||||
| OR | ||||
| Osteochondrosis | ||||
| OR | ||||
| Osteochondritis dissecans |
*
Asterix used as wildcard symbol allowing for variations and spellings of words that start with the same letters.