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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Neurophysiol. 2022 Apr 30;140:181–195. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.04.013

Table 1.

Eligibility criteria for title and abstract and full text screening.

INCLUSION CRITERIA (ALL criteria must be true to pass) EXCLUSION CRITERIA (at least ONE criterion must be true to exclude)

TITLE & ABSTRACT SCREENING

Article passes criteria if: Article fails criteria if:
1. Publication year is 2004 or later 1. Published prior to 2004
2. Written language is English 2. Not written in English
3. Publication type is original research, such as: 3. Not original research, such as:
 • Brief or Short Communication/Report  • Book/Book Chapter
 • Clinical Article/Research/Study/Trial  • Case Report/Series
 • Observational Study  • Commentary/Opinion Piece
 • Original Article/Communication/Contribution/Investigation/Paper/Research/Work  • Conference Paper
 • Editorial
 • Randomized Controlled Trial  • Innovative Methodology/Technical Note
 • Research or Scientific Article/Paper/Report  • Lecture
 • Literature/Narrative Review
Note: pass article through if publication type cannot be discerned but article meets all other inclusion criteria.  • Modeling Study
4. SWE type includes at least one of the following: 4. Does not include SWE types listed in inclusion criterion #4 AND includes one of following:
 • Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse
 • Comb Push Ultrasound Shear Wave  • Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography
 • Dynamic Elastography with Transient Stimuli  • Dynamic Elastography Harmonic Stimuli
 • Elastic Modulus  • Focused Ultrasound Ablation
 • Elastography  • High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
 • Elastosonography  • M-Mode
 • Guided Wave  • Magnetic Resonance Elastography
 • Shear Elastic Modulus  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
 • Shear Wave Elastography  • Non-Ultrasound Elastography
 • Shear Wave Velocity  • Shear Wave Dispersion Ultrasound Vibrometry
 • Siemens/Shear Wave Elasticity Imaging  • Shear Wave Induced Resonance Elastography
 • Sonoelastography  • Static Compression
 • Strain Ratio  • Strain Elastography
 • SuperSonic Shear Imaging  • Vibration Elastography
 • Ultrasonic Shear Wave Elastography  • Vibroacoustics
 • Ultrasound Real-Time Tissue Elastography
5. Participant sample includes humans in vivo 5. Does not include humans in vivo in sample, and instead includes other groups, such as:
 • Animals
 • Cadavers
 • In vitro
 • Phantom
6. Structures include at least one of the following: 6. Does not include one structures listed in inclusion criterion #6
 • Muscle/Skeletal Muscle
 • Tendon
 • Nerve
 • Ligament
Note: exclude article if structures only consist of cartilage, connective tissue, fascia, joint capsule, meniscus, smooth muscle, or a specific tumor/tissue mass within or arising from muscles (sarcoma), ligaments, nerves (neurofibroma, neuroma, schwannoma), or tendons
Note: pass article through if one of the above structures is not specified but article meets all other inclusion criteria.

FULL TEXT SCREENING

7. Must contain SWE data (i.e., reported in kilopascals or meters per second) 7. Does not contain SWE data

Abbreviations: SWE=shear wave elastography