Table 1 Medline search strategy
From: Systematic review of chronic ankle instability in children
#1: Terms combined with ‘OR’ | #2: Terms combined with ‘OR’ | #3: Terms combined with ‘OR’ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
The ankle | Instability | Injury | Diagnosis and measurement | Children |
Ankle | Ankle instability | Sprains and strains | Instability measurement | Child |
Ankle joint | Chronic instability | Inversion sprain | Measurement | Paediatric |
Talocrural | Inversion injury | Instability diagnosis | Pediatric | |
Talocalcaneal | Chronic | Repeated sprain | Diagnosis | Boy |
Tibiotalar | Joint instability | Repeated injury | Laxity | Girl |
Talofibular | Mechanical instability | Recurrent sprain | Adolescent | |
High ankle | Functional instability | Recurrent injury | Teen | |
Perceived instability | Wounds and injury | Teenager | ||
Unstable | Syndesmosis | Youth | ||
Lateral ligament, ankle | Young | |||
Collateral ligament | ||||
Talofibular ligament | ||||
Calcaneofibular ligament | ||||
Combined search: [#1 AND #2] AND #3 | ||||