Non-specific neck pain: diagnosis and treatment - KCE

KCE Reports 119 Non-Specific Neck Pain: diagnosis and treatment 33
Dutch, all Adult: 19+years: n = 621
Neck Pain Clinical queries+prognosis+narrow:
Search (Neck Pain [Mesh] AND (prognos*[Title/Abstract] OR
(first[Title/Abstract] AND episode[Title/Abstract]) OR
cohort[Title/Abstract])
Limits: published in the last 10 years, Humans, English, French, German,
Dutch, all Adult: 19+years: n = 140
Neck pain Clinical queries+prognosis+broad:
Search (Neck pain [Mesh] AND (incidence[MeSH:noexp] OR
mortality[MeSH Terms] OR follow up studies[MeSH:noexp] OR
prognos*[Text Word] OR predict*[Text Word] OR course*[Text Word])
Limits: published in the last 10 years, Humans, English, French, German,
Dutch, all Adult: 19+years: n = 370
Note Only the narrow search will be included because of the big range and a lot
of bias. Many articles are not relevant for the study.
SEARCH STRATEGY MEDLINE OTHERS
Author
Name Giannoula Tsakitzidis
Project number PPF08-24-GCP
Project name Cervicalgia : Diagnosis and Therapy
Keywords Neck Pain
Date 24-10-2008
Database
Medline - Pubmed
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Search Strategy “Neck pains” [Mesh]
Limits: published in the last 10 years, Humans, Clinical Trial, English,
French, German, Dutch, all Adult: 19+years: n = 283
Limits: published in the last 10 years, Humans, Meta-Analysis, English,
French, German, Dutch, all Adult: 19+years: n = 6
Limits: published in the last 10 years, Humans, Randomized Controlled
Trial, English, French, German, Dutch, all Adult: 19+years: n = 178
Limits: published in the last 10 years, Humans, Review, English, French,
German, Dutch, all Adult: 19+years: n = 66
Note