Table 2. Electronic database search strategy example.

Database	Search strategy	Results
PubMed	(“tendineous”[All Fields] OR “tendinopathy”[MeSH Terms] OR “tendinopathy”[All Fields] OR “tendinitis”[All Fields] OR “tendons”[MeSH Terms] OR “tendons”[All Fields] OR “tendinous”[All Fields] OR (“tendinopathy”[MeSH Terms] OR “tendinopathy”[All Fields] OR “tendinosis”[All Fields]) OR (“tendinopathy”[MeSH Terms] OR “tendinopathy”[All Fields] OR “tendinopathies”[All Fields]) OR (“tendinopathy”[MeSH Terms] OR “tendinopathy”[All Fields] OR “tendonopathy”[All Fields]) OR (“tendinopathy”[MeSH Terms] OR “tendinopathy”[All Fields] OR “tendonitis”[All Fields] OR “tendon s”[All Fields] OR “tendonous”[All Fields] OR “tendons”[MeSH Terms] OR “tendons”[All Fields] OR “tendon”[All Fields]) OR (“tendinopathy”[MeSH Terms] OR “tendinopathy”[All Fields] OR “tendonosis”[All Fields])) AND (“diagnosable”[All Fields] OR “diagnosi”[All Fields] OR “diagnosis”[MeSH Terms] OR “diagnosis”[All Fields] OR “diagnose”[All Fields] OR “diagnosed”[All Fields] OR “diagnoses”[All Fields] OR “diagnosing”[All Fields] OR “diagnosis”[MeSH Subheading]) AND (“achiles”[All Fields] OR “achille”[All Fields] OR “achille s”[All Fields] OR “achilles tendon”[MeSH Terms] OR (“achilles”[All Fields] AND “tendon”[All Fields]) OR “achilles tendon”[All Fields] OR “achilles”[All Fields])	7,162