Treatment for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow
Appendices
Appendix 1. Ovid MEDLINE Search Strategy
("cubital tunnel syndrome"[mh] OR cubital tunnel syndrome[tw] OR ((("ulnar neuropathies"[TIAB] NOT Medline[SB]) OR "ulnar neuropathies"[mh] OR ulnar neuropathy[tw]) AND ("elbow"[mh] OR elbow[tw]))) AND (randomized controlled trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR randomized controlled trials[mh] OR random allocation[mh] OR double‐blind method[mh] OR single‐blind method[mh] OR clinical trial[pt] OR clinical trials[mh] OR ("clinical trial"[tw]) OR ((singl* [tw] OR doubl* [tw] OR trebl* [tw] OR tripl* [tw]) AND (mask* [tw] OR blind* [tw])) OR (placebos[mh] OR placebo* [tw] OR random*[tw] OR research design [mh:noexp] OR comparative study[pt] OR evaluation studies[mh] OR follow‐up studies[mh] OR prospective studies[mh] OR control* [tw] OR prospective* [tw] or volunteer* [tw]) NOT (animals [mh] NOT humans [mh]))
Appendix 2. Ovid EMBASE Search Strategy
1. Randomized Controlled Trial/
2. Clinical Trial/
3. Multicenter Study/
4. Controlled Study/
5. Crossover Procedure/
6. Double Blind Procedure/
7. Single Blind Procedure/
8. exp RANDOMIZATION/
9. Major Clinical Study/
10. PLACEBO/
11. Meta Analysis/
12. phase 2 clinical trial/ or phase 3 clinical trial/ or phase 4 clinical trial/
13. (clin$ adj25 trial$).tw.
14. ((singl$ or doubl$ or tripl$ or trebl$) adj25 (blind$ or mask$)).tw.
15. placebo$.tw.
16. random$.tw.
17. control$.tw.
18. (meta?analys$ or systematic review$).tw.
19. (cross?over or factorial or sham? or dummy).tw.
20. ABAB design$.tw.
21. or/1‐20
22. human/
23. nonhuman/
24. 22 or 23
25. 21 not 24
26. 21 and 22
27. 25 or 26
28. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome/
29. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer name]
30. ulnar neuropath$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer name]
31. or/28‐30
32. elbow.mp. or elbow/ [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer name]
33. 31 and 32
34. 33 and 27
Appendix 3. Ovid AMED Search Strategy
1. Randomized controlled trials/
2. Random allocation/
3. Double blind method/
4. Single‐Blind Method/
5. exp Clinical Trials/
6. (clin$ adj25 trial$).tw.
7. ((singl$ or doubl$ or treb$ or trip$) adj25 (blind$ or mask$ or dummy)).tw.
8. placebos/
9. placebo$.tw.
10. random$.tw.
11. research design/
12. Prospective Studies/
13. cross over studies/
14. meta analysis/
15. (meta?analys$ or systematic review$).tw.
16. control$.tw.
17. (multicenter or multicentre).tw.
18. ((study or studies or design$) adj25 (factorial or prospective or intervention or crossover or cross‐over or quasi‐experiment$)).tw.
19. or/1‐18
20. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome/
21. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.mp. [mp=abstract, heading words, title]
22. ulnar neuropath$.mp. [mp=abstract, heading words, title]
23. or/20‐22
24. elbow.mp. or elbow/ [mp=abstract, heading words, title]
25. 23 and 24
26. 19 and 25
Appendix 4. LILACS Search Strategy
((Pt randomized controlled trial OR Pt controlled clinical trial OR Mh randomized controlled trials OR Mh random allocation OR Mh double‐blind method OR Mh single‐blind method) AND NOT (Ct animal AND NOT (Ct human and Ct animal)) OR (Pt clinical trial OR Ex E05.318.760.535$ OR (Tw clin$ AND (Tw trial$ OR Tw ensa$ OR Tw estud$ OR Tw experim$ OR Tw investiga$)) OR ((Tw singl$ OR Tw simple$ OR Tw doubl$ OR Tw doble$ OR Tw duplo$ OR Tw trebl$ OR Tw trip$) AND (Tw blind$ OR Tw cego$ OR Tw ciego$ OR Tw mask$ OR Tw mascar$)) OR Mh placebos OR Tw placebo$ OR (Tw random$ OR Tw randon$ OR Tw casual$ OR Tw acaso$ OR Tw azar OR Tw aleator$) OR Mh research design) AND NOT (Ct animal AND NOT (Ct human and Ct animal)) OR (Ct comparative study OR Ex E05.337$ OR Mh follow‐up studies OR Mh prospective studies OR Tw control$ OR Tw prospectiv$ OR Tw volunt$ OR Tw volunteer$) AND NOT (Ct animal AND NOT (Ct human and Ct animal))) AND
(Mh cubital tunnel syndrome or Tw cubital tunnel syndrome or Tw ulnar neuropath$)
Appendix 5. EBSCOhost CINAHL Search Strategy
S25 ( S24 and S5 )
S24 ( S22 or S21 or S20 or S19 or S18 or S22 or S21 or S20 or S19 or S18 or S22 or S21 or S20 or S19 or S18 or S22 or S21 )
S23 ( S22 or S21 or S20 or S19 or S18 or S22 or S21 or S20 or S19 or S18 or S22 or S21 or S20 or S19 or S18 or S22 or S21 )
S22 ( meta?analys* or systematic review* )
S21 ARAB design*
S20 ( clin* or intervention* or compar* or experiment* or preventive or therapeutic N10 trial* )
S19 ( cross?over or placebo* or control* or factorial or sham? or dummy )
S18 ( single* or doubl* or tripl* or trebl* N25 blind* or mask* )
S17 random*
S16 PT clinical trial or PT systematic review
S15 (MH "Factorial Design")
S14 ( (MH "Concurrent Prospective Studies") or (MH "Prospective Studies") )
S13 (MH "Meta Analysis")
S12 ( (MH "Solomon Four‐Group Design") or (MH "Static Group Comparison") )
S11 (MH "Quasi‐Experimental Studies")
S10 (MH "Placebos")
S9 ( (MH "Double‐Blind Studies") or (MH "Triple‐Blind Studies") )
S8 (MH "Clinical Trials+")
S7 (MH "Crossover Design")
S6 ( (MH "Random Assignment") or (MH "Random Sample") or (MH "Simple Random Sample") or (MH "Stratified Random Sample") or (MH "Systematic Random Sample") )
S5 ( S4 and S3 )
S4 elbow
S3 ( S2 or S1 )
S2 "ulnar neuropath*"
S1 "cubital tunnel syndrome"
