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. 2022 Oct 31;9(11):1672. doi: 10.3390/children9111672
PubMed (via pubmed-ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ (accessed on 9 May 2022))

  1. “Scoliosis”[MeSH Terms] OR “Spinal Diseases”[MeSH Terms] 134,975 results

  2. “Spinal disease*”[Title/Abstract] OR “Scoliosis*”[Title/Abstract] OR “idiopathic* scoliosis”[Title/Abstract] 26,357 results

  3. #1 OR #2 142599 results

  4. “Orthotic Devices”[MeSH Terms] OR “Braces”[MeSH Terms] 16,212 results

  5. “brace*”[Title/Abstract] OR “bracing”[Title/Abstract] OR “braces treat*”[Title/Abstract] OR “orthopedic equip*[Title/abstract]12,005 results

  6. #4 OR #5 23,311 results

  7. #3 AND #6 3341 results

(((“spinal diseases”[MeSH Terms]) OR (“spinal disease*”[Title/Abstract]) OR (“scoliosis*”[Title/Abstract]) OR (“idiopathic scoliosis”[Title/Abstract])) AND ((“orthotic devices”[MeSH Terms]) OR (“braces”[MeSH Terms]) OR (“brace*”[Title/Abstract]) OR (“brace treat*”[Title/Abstract]) OR (“bracing”[Title/Abstract])))
Embase (via Embase.com (accessed on 9 May 2022))

  1. (‘spine’/exp OR ‘spine disease’/exp) 424,813 results

  2. (‘idiopathic* scoliosis’:ti,ab,kw OR ‘spinal disease*’:ti,ab,kw OR ‘scoliosis*’:ti,ab,kw) 34,587 results

  3. #1 OR #2 427606 results

  4. (‘orthosis’/exp OR exp OR ‘brace’/exp) 38,200 results

  5. (‘brace*’:ti,ab,kw OR ‘bracing’:ti,ab,kw) 13,784 results

  6. #4 OR #5 44,170 results

  7. #3 AND #6 8924 results

(((‘spine’/exp OR ‘spine disease’/exp) OR (‘idiopathic* scoliosis’:ti,ab,kw OR ‘spinal disease*’:ti,ab,kw OR ‘scoliosis*’:ti,ab,kw)) AND ((‘orthosis’/exp OR ‘brace’/exp) OR (‘brace*’:ti,ab,kw OR ‘bracing’:ti,ab,kw)))
CINAHL (via EBSCOhost (accessed on 9 May 2022))

  1. (MH “Spine+”) OR (“Spinal Diseases+”) OR (MH “Scoliosis”) 71,860 results

  2. TI ((“scoliosis*” OR (idiopathic* W1 scoliosis) OR (spinal W1 disease*)) OR AB ((“scoliosis*” OR (idiopathic* W1 scoliosis) OR (spinal W1 disease*)) OR SU ((“scoliosis*” OR (idiopathic* W1 scoliosis) OR (spinal W1 disease*)) 19,967 results

  3. #1 OR #2 74941 results

  4. (“Orthoses+”) 11,272 results

  5. TI ((“orthos*” OR “brace*” OR “bracing”)) OR AB ((“orthos*” OR “brace*” OR “bracing”)) OR SU ((“orthos*” OR “brace*” OR “bracing”)) 18,426 results

  6. #4 OR #5 19,122 results

  7. #3 AND #6 2238 results

((MH “Spine+”) OR (“Spinal Diseases+”) OR (MH “Scoliosis”)) OR (TI ((“scoliosis*” OR (idiopathic* W1 scoliosis) OR (spinal W1 disease*)) OR AB ((“scoliosis*” OR (idiopathic* W1 scoliosis) OR (spinal W1 disease*)) OR SU ((“scoliosis*” OR (idiopathic* W1 scoliosis) OR (spinal W1 disease*))) AND ((“Orthoses+”) OR TI (“orthos*” OR “brace*” OR “bracing”) OR AB (“orthos*” OR “brace*” OR “bracing”) OR SU (“orthos*” OR “brace*” OR “bracing”))
CENTRAL (Via Cochrane Library)

  1. MeSH descriptor: [Scoliosis] explode all trees 473 results

  2. MeSH descriptor: [Spine] this term only 754 results

  3. “scoliosis*”:ti,ab,kw 1437 results

  4. #1 OR #2 OR #3 2161 results

  5. MeSH descriptor: [Braces] explode all trees 442 results

  6. MeSH descriptor: [Orthotic Devices] this term only 603 results

  7. #5 OR #6 1030 results

  8. “brace*”:ti,ab,kw 1979 results

  9. “bracing”:ti,ab,kw 597 results

  10. “Orthotic NEAR/1 device*”:ti,ab,kw 672 results

  11. #8 OR #9 OR #10 2785 results

  12. #5 AND #11 303 results