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Table 6 Search terms and frequency used for discipline specific searches by discipline

From: The yield and usefulness of PAIN+ and PubMed databases for accessing research evidence on pain management: a randomized crossover trial

Physicians

Reg nurses

Occupational and physical therapists

Psychologists

Neck pain (13)

Injection (14)

therapy (5)

Therapies (3)

Effect*(2)

Randomized control trial (2)

Meta-analysis (2)

Clinical trial (2)

Antidepressants (25)

Neuropathic pain (37)

Management (8)

Effect*(4

Low Back Pain (39)

Chronic (26)

Manipulation (25)

Spinal (22)

Physiotherapy (22)

Physical Therapy (2)

Modalities (7)

Manipulative therapy (14)

Manual Therapy (3)

Effectiveness (6)

Comparing Outcome (2)

Conventional (1)

Treatment (10)

Results (10)

Triggers Point (2)

Dry needling (1)

Behavioral therapy (5)

Low back pain (4)

Chronic back pain (2)

Chronic Pain (1)

CBT (1)