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Frequency of spinal terms in titles, abstracts, and four databases |
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| Spinal Terms Used in Search Strategies |
Titles n = 38 |
Abstracts n = 371 |
MEDLINE (mh) n = 292 |
MANTIS (de) n = 282 |
CINAHL (sh) n = 132 |
Web of Science n = 262,3,4 |
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| Cervical vertebrae [mh] [sh] [de] / cervical |
10 |
15 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
| Lumbar vertebrae [mh] [sh] [de] /lumbar |
3 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
| Neck [mh] [sh] [de] |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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| Para-spine, para-spinal |
1 |
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| Spine [mh] [sh] [de] / Spinal |
14 |
21 |
15 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
| Thoracic vertebrae [mh] [sh] [de] / thoracic |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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| Vertebral |
2 |
4 |
4 |
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[mh] = Medical Subject Headings in MEDLINE; [pt] = publication type in MEDLINE; [sh] = Subject Heading in CINAHL [de] = Descriptor in MANTIS Note: 1One study did not have an abstract online. 2Not all studies had abstracts. 3Web of Science does not have a controlled vocabulary. 4Eleven studies had no keywords generated. * is a truncation symbol for a wild card search in PubMed and Web of Science. | ||||||
Murphy et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2003 3:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-3-3 |
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