Flexibility Training and Functional Ability in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Sample electronic database search strategy.

	Sample search strategy-PubMed-January 2011
(1)	Aged	331 611
(2)	Aging	236 732
(3)	Ageing	247 317
(4)	“Older age”	15 622
(5)	“Older adult*”	2 357
(6)	Elderly	3352095
(7)	Senior*	22 086
(8)	“Senior citizens”	734
(9)	(1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8)	3505009
(10)	“Muscle stretching exercises” [Mesh]	420
(11)	“Pliability/physiology” [Mesh]	28
(12)	“Range of motion, Articular/physiology” [Mesh]	8 786
(13)	“Joint motion”	1 420
(14)	“Joint movement”	722
(15)	“Joint mobility”	888
(16)	“Joint range”	491
(17)	“Joint adhesion”	1 825
(18)	“Joint articulation”	42
(19)	“Muscle lengthening”	141
(20)	“Muscle elongation”	35
(21)	“Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation”	117
(22)	“Isometric contraction”	12 414
(23)	Yoga	1 483
(24)	“Tai chi”	455
(25)	Pilates	56
(26)	(10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25)	28 177
(27)	Ability	455 298
(28)	Mobility	94 157
(29)	Frailty	2 112
(30)	Disability	80 338
(31)	Dependen*	1066172
(32)	Independen*	560 960
(33)	Reliance	8 424
(34)	Living	818 389
(35)	Institutionaliz*	12 329
(36)	“Nursing home”	13 615
(37)	“Activities of daily living”	45 277
(38)	“Independent activities of daily living”	3 979
(39)	ADL	4 683
(40)	IADL	1 147
(41)	“Assisted living”	1 197
(42)	“Long-term care”	25 605
(43)	“Long-term care”	25 605
(44)	(27 OR 28 OR 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32 OR 33 OR 34 OR 35 OR 36 OR 37 OR 38 OR 39 OR 40 OR 41 OR 42 OR 43)	2738402
(45)	Control	2295628
(46)	Treatment	6813000
(47)	Modality	165 777
(48)	Adjunct	25 544
(49)	Component	289 484
(50)	Group	1741947
(51)	Subset	76 495
(52)	Subset	446
(53)	Subgroup	55 099
(54)	Subgroup	2 358
(55)	“Exercise” [Mesh]	52 144
(56)	“Exercise prescription”	772
(57)	“Exercise program*”	3 376
(58)	“Exercise treatment”	240
(59)	“Exercise therapy”	20 527
(60)	Activity	1731305
(61)	“Physical activity”	37 516
(62)	“Physical therapy”	38 673
(63)	“Fitness program*”	277
(64)	Dance	2 274
(65)	“Rhythmic exercise”	86
(66)	(45 OR 46 OR 47 OR 48 OR 49 OR 50 OR 51 OR 52 OR 53 OR 54 OR 55 OR 56 OR 57 OR 58 OR 59 OR 60 OR 61 OR 62 OR 63 OR 64 OR 65)	9 702 261
(67)	(9 AND 26 AND 44 AND 66)	2 401
	(67 NOT child NOT children NOT cognit* NOT “alzheimer disease”	434
	NOT depression NOT anxiety NOT post-surg* NOT postsurg*
	NOT surgery NOT surgical NOT cardiac NOT fracture* NOT arthroplasty
(68)	NOT diabetes NOT diabetic NOT cancer NOT stroke NOT Parkinson*
	NOT “multiple sclerosis” NOT sclerosis NOT stenosis NOT memory
	NOT mental NOT coronary NOT cerebral NOT dystrophy NOT polio
	NOT fibromyalgia)