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. 2020 Sep 29;21:641. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03658-8

Table 5.

Search strategy PubMed

Database: PubMed
Date: 2017-02-21
Number of results: 1428 references
Search Query Items found
#6 Search #3 NOT #4 Filters: English 1428
#5 Search #3 NOT #4 1480
#4 Search Anterior cruciate ligament[ti] OR patellar tendon[ti] OR ACL[ti] OR posterior cruciate ligament[ti] 13007
#3 Search #1 AND #2 2384
#2 Search “Wounds and Injuries”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “Athletic Injuries”[Mesh] OR “Leg Injuries”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “Sprains and Strains”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “Tendon Injuries”[Mesh:NoExp] OR “injuries”[Subheading] OR injury[tiab] OR injuries[tiab] OR tear[tiab] OR tears[tiab] OR rupture[tiab] OR strain[tiab] OR strains[tiab] 1483367
#1 Search “Hamstring Tendons”[Mesh] OR “Hamstring Muscles”[Mesh] OR hamstring[tiab] OR hamstrings[tiab] 6169
Database: PubMed
Date: 2018-05-30
Number of results: 1688 references
Search Query Items found
#1 Search ((“Hamstring Tendons”[Mesh] OR “Hamstring Muscles”[Mesh] OR hamstring[tiab] OR hamstrings[tiab]) AND (“Wounds and Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Athletic Injuries”[Mesh] OR “Leg Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Sprains and Strains”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Tendon Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “injuries”[Subheading] OR injury[tiab] OR injuries[tiab] OR tear[tiab] OR tears[tiab] OR rupture[tiab] OR strain[tiab] OR strains[tiab])) NOT (Anterior cruciate ligament[ti] OR patellar tendon[ti] OR ACL[ti] OR posterior cruciate ligament[ti]) Filters: English 1688
Database: PubMed
Date: 2018-05-30
Number of results: 1688 references
Search Query Items found
#10 Search #7 AND #8 Filters: English 200
#9 Search #7 AND #8 205
#8 Search “2018/05/30”[crdt]: “2019/07/10”[crdt] 1454534
#7 Search #5 NOT #6 1960
#6 Search Anterior cruciate ligament[ti] OR patellar tendon[ti] OR ACL[ti] OR posterior cruciate ligament[ti] 15670
#5 Search #3 AND #4 3156
#4 Search “Wounds and Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Athletic Injuries”[Mesh] OR “Leg Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Sprains and Strains”[Mesh:noexp] OR “Tendon Injuries”[Mesh:noexp] OR “injuries”[Subheading] OR injury[tiab] OR injuries[tiab] OR tear[tiab] OR tears[tiab] OR rupture[tiab] OR strain[tiab] OR strains[tiab] 1687635
#3 Search “Hamstring Tendons”[Mesh] OR “Hamstring Muscles”[Mesh] OR hamstring[tiab] OR hamstrings[tiab] 7710