Table 5. Search strategy for MEDLINE.

S/N	Key terms	Search terms employed
1	Randomized controlled trials	({"Randomized controlled trial" (Publication Type) OR "randomized controlled trials as topic" (MeSH Terms) OR "randomized controlled trial" (All Fields) OR "randomized controlled trial" (All Fields)}) OR ({"random allocation" (MeSH Terms) OR ("random" {All Fields} AND "allocation" {All Fields}) OR "random allocation" (All Fields) OR "randomized" {All Fields}) AND controlled (All Fields) AND study (All Fields)} OR {"randomized controlled trial" (Publication Type) OR "randomized controlled trials as topic" (MeSH Terms) OR "randomized controlled trial" (All Fields) OR "randomized controlled trial" (All Fields)} OR {randomized (All Fields) AND controlled (All Fields) AND study (All Fields)})
2	Chronic kidney disease	({"Renal insufficiency, chronic"(MeSH Terms) OR ("renal"{All Fields} AND "insufficiency"{All Fields} AND "chronic"{All Fields}) OR "chronic renal insufficiency"(All Fields) OR ("chronic"{All Fields} AND "kidney"{All Fields} AND "disease"{All Fields} OR "chronic kidney disease"{All Fields}) OR ("renal insufficiency, chronic"{MeSH Terms} OR ("renal"{All Fields} AND "insufficiency"{All Fields} AND "chronic"{All Fields}) OR ("chronic renal insufficiency"{All Fields} OR ("chronic"{All Fields} AND "kidney"{All Fields} AND "insufficiency"{All Fields}) OR "chronic kidney insufficiency"{All Fields}) OR ("renal insufficiency, chronic"{MeSH Terms} OR "renal"{All Fields} AND "insufficiency"{All Fields} AND "chronic"{All Fields}) OR "chronic renal insufficiency"(All Fields) OR ("chronic"{All Fields} AND "renal"{All Fields} AND "disease"{All Fields}) OR "chronic renal disease"{All Fields} OR "kidney failure, chronic"(MeSH Terms) OR ("kidney"{All Fields} AND "failure"{All Fields} AND "chronic"{All Fields}) OR "chronic kidney failure"{All Fields} OR ("chronic"{All Fields} AND "renal"{All Fields} AND "disease"{All Fields}) OR ("renal insufficiency, chronic"{MeSH Terms} OR "renal"{All Fields} AND "insufficiency"{All Fields} AND "chronic"{All Fields}) OR "chronic renal insufficiency"{All Fields} OR ("chronic"{All Fields} AND "renal"{All Fields} AND "insufficiency"{All Fields}) OR ("renal insufficiency"(MeSH Terms) OR ("renal"{All Fields} AND "insufficiency"{All Fields}) OR "renal insufficiency"{All Fields} OR ("kidney"{All Fields} AND "failure"{All Fields}) OR "kidney failure"{All Fields}) OR ("renal insufficiency"(MeSH Terms) OR ("renal"{All Fields} AND "insufficiency"{All Fields}) OR "renal insufficiency"{All Fields} OR ("renal"{All Fields} AND "failure"{All Fields}) OR "renal failure"{All Fields}) OR ("kidney failure, chronic"(MeSH Terms) OR ("kidney"{All Fields} AND "failure"{All Fields} AND "chronic"{All Fields}) OR "chronic kidney failure"{All Fields} OR ("end"{All Fields} AND "stage"{All Fields} AND "renal"{All Fields} AND "failure"{All Fields}) OR "end stage renal failure"{All Fields}) OR ("kidney failure, chronic"(MeSH Terms) OR ("kidney"{All Fields} AND "failure"{All Fields} AND "chronic"{All Fields}) OR "chronic kidney failure"{All Fields} OR ("end"{All Fields} AND "stage"{All Fields} AND "renal"{All Fields} AND "disease"{All Fields}) OR "end stage renal disease"{All Fields}) OR predialysis{All Fields} OR pre-dialysis{All Fields} OR non-dialysis{All Fields} OR "renal dialysis"(MeSH Terms) OR ("renal"{All Fields} AND "dialysis"{All Fields}) OR "renal dialysis"{All Fields}) OR ("kidney diseases"{MeSH Terms} OR "kidney"{All Fields} AND "diseases"{All Fields}) OR "kidney diseases"{All Fields} OR ("kidney"{All Fields} AND "disease"{All Fields}) OR "kidney disease"{All Fields}) OR ("haemodialysis"{All Fields} OR "renal dialysis"{MeSH Terms}) OR ("renal"{All Fields} AND "dialysis"{All Fields}) OR "renal dialysis"{All Fields} OR "hemodialysis"{All Fields}) OR ("haemodialysis"{All Fields} OR "renal dialysis"{MeSH Terms}) OR ("renal"{All Fields} AND "dialysis"{All Fields}) OR "renal dialysis"({All Fields} OR "hemodialysis"{All Fields}) OR ("peritoneal dialysis"{MeSH Terms} OR ("peritoneal"{All Fields} AND "dialysis"{All Fields}) OR "peritoneal dialysis"{All Fields})
3	Manipulative and body-based methods	({Randomized controlled trial} OR {randomized controlled study} OR {randomized controlled trial} OR {randomized controlled study}) AND ({chronic kidney disease} OR {chronic kidney insufficiency} OR {chronic renal disease} OR {chronic renal insufficiency} OR {kidney failure} OR {renal failure} OR {end-stage renal failure} OR {end-stage renal disease} OR {predialysis} OR {pre-dialysis} OR {non-dialysis} OR {renal dialysis} OR {Kidney disease} OR {hemodialysis} OR {hemodialysis} OR {peritoneal dialysis}) AND ({Traditional Chinese Medicine} OR {Traditional Medicine} OR {Chinese Herbal Drugs} OR {Alternative Medicine} OR {Complementary Medicine} OR {Complementary therap*} OR {Alternative therap*} OR {Natural Medicine} OR {Integrative Medicine} OR TCM OR Ayurved* OR ayuverda OR Naturopath* OR naturopathy OR Homeopath* OR homeopathy OR {medicinal plant} OR {plant extract} OR {Plant Preparation} OR {Chinese medicinal herb} OR herb OR {natural remedies} OR {oriental medicine} OR {Materia Medica} OR {Diet-based therap*} OR {ethnopharmacology OR ethnomedicine OR kampo OR kanpo OR herbology})