Table 1 Example search strategy for Ovid SP MEDLINE
1. ((intensive or critical) adj1 care unit).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier] | |
2. ((intensive or critical) adj1 care).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier] | |
3. exp Intensive Care Units/ or exp Intensive Care/ or ICU.mp. or exp Critical Care/ | |
4. critical illness.mp. or exp Critical Illness/ | |
5. mechanical ventilation.mp. or exp Respiration, Artificial/ | |
6. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 | |
7. exp Exercise Therapy/ or exercise.mp. or exp Exercise/ | |
8. ((exercise or physical) adj2 rehabilitation).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier] | |
9. physiotherapy.mp. | |
10. physical therapy.mp. | |
11. exp Early Ambulation/ or early mobilisation.mp. | |
12. early mobilization.mp. | |
13. physical fitness.mp. or exp Physical Fitness/ | |
14. muscle strength.mp. or exp Muscle Strength/ | |
15. cycling.mp. | |
16. cycle ergometry.mp. | |
17. exp Electric Stimulation Therapy/ or electrical muscle stimulation.mp. | |
18. neuromuscular stimulation.mp. | |
19. NMES.mp. | |
20. 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 | |
21. randomized controlled trial.pt. | |
22. controlled clinical trial.pt. | |
23. randomized.ab. | |
24. placebo.ab. | |
25. randomly.ab. | |
26. trial.ab. | |
27. groups.ab. | |
28. 21 or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 | |
29. exp animals/ not humans.sh. | |
30. 28 not 29 | |
31. Meta-Analysis as Topic/ | |
32. meta analy$.tw. | |
33. metaanaly$.tw. | |
34. Meta-Analysis/ | |
35. (systematic adj (review$1 or overview$1)).tw. | |
36. exp Review Literature as Topic/ | |
37. or/31-36 | |
38. cochrane.ab. | |
39. embase.ab. | |
40. (cinahl or cinhal).ab. | |
41. science citation index.ab. | |
42. or/38-41 | |
43. reference list$.ab. | |
44. bibliograph$.ab. | |
45. hand-search$.ab. | |
46. relevant journals.ab. | |
47. manual search$.ab. | |
48. or/43-47 | |
49. selection criteria.ab. | |
50. data extraction.ab. | |
51. 49 or 50 | |
52. Review/ | |
53. 51 and 52 | |
54. Comment/ | |
55. Letter/ | |
56. Editorial/ | |
57. animal/ | |
58. human/ | |
59. 57 not (57 and 58) | |
60. or/54-56,59 | |
61. 37 or 42 or 48 or 53 | |
62. 61 not 60 | |
63. 6 and 20 and 30 | |
64. 6 and 20 and 62 |