Table 6. Search strategy for Embase.

S/N	Key terms	Search terms employed
1	Randomized controlled trials	(“Randomized controlled trial”/exp OR “randomized controlled trial” OR {randomized AND controlled AND (“trial”/exp OR trial)} OR “randomized controlled study”/exp OR “randomized controlled study” OR {randomized AND controlled AND (“study”/exp OR study)} OR “randomized controlled trial”/exp OR “randomized controlled trial” OR {randomized AND controlled AND (“trial”/exp OR trial)} OR “randomized controlled study”/exp OR “randomized controlled study” OR {randomized AND controlled AND (“study”/exp OR study)})
2	Chronic kidney disease	(“Chronic kidney disease”/exp OR “chronic kidney disease” OR {chronic AND (“kidney”/exp OR kidney) AND (“disease”/exp OR disease)} OR “chronic kidney insufficiency”/exp OR “chronic kidney insufficiency” OR {chronic AND (“kidney”/exp OR kidney) AND insufficiency} OR “chronic renal disease”/exp OR “chronic renal disease” OR {chronic AND (“renal”/exp OR renal) AND (“disease”/exp OR disease)} OR “chronic renal insufficiency”/exp OR “chronic renal insufficiency” OR {chronic AND (“renal”/exp OR renal) AND insufficiency} OR “kidney failure”/exp OR “kidney failure” OR {(“kidney”/exp OR kidney) AND (“failure”/exp OR failure)} OR “renal failure”/exp OR “renal failure” OR {(“renal”/exp OR renal) AND (“failure”/exp OR failure)} OR “end-stage renal failure”/exp OR “end-stage renal failure” OR {“end stage” AND (“renal”/exp OR renal) AND (“failure”/exp OR failure)} OR “end-stage renal disease”/exp OR “end-stage renal disease” OR {“end stage” AND (“renal”/exp OR renal) AND (“disease”/exp OR disease)} OR “predialysis”/exp OR predialysis OR “pre dialysis” OR “non dialysis” OR “renal dialysis”/exp OR “renal dialysis” OR {(“renal”/exp OR renal) AND (“dialysis”/exp OR dialysis)} OR “kidney disease”/exp OR “kidney disease” OR {(“kidney”/exp OR kidney) AND (“disease”/exp OR disease)} OR “hemodialysis”/exp OR hemodialysis OR “hemodialysis”/exp OR hemodialysis OR “peritoneal dialysis”/exp OR “peritoneal dialysis” OR {peritoneal AND (“dialysis”/exp OR dialysis)})
3	Manipulative and body-based methods	(“Alternative medicine”/exp OR “alternative medicine” OR {alternative AND (“medicine”/exp OR medicine)} OR “alternative therapy”/exp OR “alternative therapy” OR {alternative AND (“therapy”/exp OR therapy)} OR “complementary medicine”/exp OR “complementary medicine” OR {complementary AND (“medicine”/exp OR medicine)} OR “complementary therapy” OR {complementary AND (“therapy”/exp OR therapy)} OR “natural medicine” OR {(“natural”/exp OR natural) AND (“medicine”/exp OR medicine)} OR “integrative medicine”/exp OR “integrative medicine” OR {integrative AND (“medicine”/exp OR medicine)} OR “massage”/exp OR massage OR chiropractice OR “yoga”/exp OR yoga OR “tai chi”/exp OR “tai chi” OR {tai AND chi} OR “moxibustion”/exp OR moxibustion OR “cupping”/exp OR cupping OR “qi gong”/exp OR “qi gong” OR {(“qi”/exp OR qi) AND gong} OR “acupuncture”/exp OR acupuncture OR osteopath* OR naprapath* OR reflexo* OR “shiatsu”/exp OR shiatsu OR “tui na”/exp OR “tui na” OR {tui AND (“na”/exp OR na)}) AND (“spinal manipulation”/exp OR “spinal manipulation” OR {spinal AND (“manipulation”/exp OR manipulation)})