Meta-Analysis
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Orthop. Aug 18, 2015; 6(7): 537-558
Published online Aug 18, 2015. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v6.i7.537
Table 1 Ovid medline search strategy: Ovid MEDLINE®, Ovid MEDLINE® In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE®, Daily and Ovid OLDMEDLINE®
No.Search syntax
1“Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis”.ab,ti.
2(AIS and scoliosis).ab,ti.
3Scoliosis/ and (exp adolescent/ or exp child/)
4Or/1-3
5“Curve progression”.ab,ti.
6“Disease susceptibility”.ab,ti.
7Prediction.ab,ti.
8“Disease progression”.ab,ti.
9Exp disease progression/
10Disease susceptibility/
11“Predictive value of tests”/
12Exp decision support techniques/
13Or/5-12
14Scoliosis/ra
15(Ogilvie JW or Ward K*).au. and scoliosis.ab,ti.
16“Scoliscore”.mp.
17“Axial biotech”.mp.
18Moreau A*.au. and scoliosis.ab,ti.
194 and 13
2013 and 14
21Or/15-20
22(genetic adj2 test*).ab,ti.
23“Genetic predisposition”.ab,ti.
24“Single nucleotide polymorphism”.ab,ti. Or (SNP and polymorphism).ab,ti.
25Genetic Testing/
26Exp genetic predisposition to disease/
27Polymorphism, single nucleotide/
28Or/22-27
294 and 28
3030. 21 or 29