N
utrition
assessment
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odal
ergometry
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2016; 62(7):612-615
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Annex I
C
linical
question
What is the role of modal ergometry in the measurement
of muscle strength in children, adolescents or adults?
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tructured
question
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P: Children, adolescents or adults
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I: Modal ergometry
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C: ---------------------------------
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O: Measurement of muscle strength
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trategy
for
search
of
evidence
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#1 – (Nutrition Disorder OR Nutritional Disorders OR
Nutritional Disorder OR Nutritional Status OR Nutri-
tion Status ORNutrition Assessment ORNutrition Dis-
orders ORMalnutritionORDeficiency Diseases OROver-
nutritionORObesity OR Avitaminosis OR Ascorbic Acid
Deficiency OR Vitamin A Deficiency OR Vitamin B De-
ficiency OR Vitamin D Deficiency OR Vitamin E Defi-
ciency OR Vitamin K Deficiency OR Magnesium Defi-
ciency OR PotassiumDeficiency OR Protein Deficiency
OR Protein-EnergyMalnutritionOR Swayback OR Scur-
vy OR Choline Deficiency OR Folic Acid Deficiency OR
Hyperhomocysteinemia OR Pellagra OR Riboflavin De-
ficiency OR Thiamine Deficiency OR Beriberi OR Wer-
nicke Encephalopathy OR Vitamin B 12 Deficiency OR
Anemia, Pernicious OR Subacute Combined OR Degen-
eration OR Vitamin B 6 Deficiency OR Rickets OR Os-
teomalacia OR Renal Osteodystrophy OR Steatitis OR
Kwashiorkor OR Overweight OR Obesity, Abdominal
OR Obesity, Morbid ORWasting Syndrome) = 753,330
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#2 – (Hand Strength OR Muscle Strength OR Muscle
Weakness OR Ergometry OR Ergometer OR Modal Er-
gometry OR dynamometer) = 146,656
Modal ergometry = #1 AND #2 = #3 = 6,750
Methodological search filter = #4 = ((specificity[Title/
Abstract]) OR random* OR ((prognos*[Title/Abstract]
OR (first[Title/Abstract] AND episode[Title/Abstract])
OR cohort[Title/Abstract]))) = 2,045,824
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st
Retrieval = #3 AND #4 = 1,434
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•
(((Nutrition Disorder OR Nutritional Disorders OR
Nutritional Disorder OR Nutritional Status OR Nu-
trition Status OR Nutrition Assessment OR Nutri-
tion Disorders OR Malnutrition OR Deficiency Dis-
eases OR Overnutrition OR Obesity OR Avitaminosis
OR Ascorbic Acid Deficiency OR Vitamin A Deficien-
cy OR Vitamin B Deficiency OR Vitamin D Deficien-
cy OR Vitamin E Deficiency OR Vitamin K Deficien-
cy OR Magnesium Def iciency OR Potassium
Deficiency OR Protein Deficiency OR Protein-Energy
Malnutrition OR Swayback OR Scurvy OR Choline
Deficiency OR Folic Acid Deficiency OR Hyperhomo-
cysteinemia OR Pellagra OR Riboflavin Deficiency
OR Thiamine Deficiency OR Beriberi OR Wernicke
Encephalopathy OR Vitamin B 12 Deficiency OR Ane-
mia, Pernicious OR Subacute Combined OR Degen-
eration OR Vitamin B 6 Deficiency OR Rickets OR
Osteomalacia OR Renal Osteodystrophy OR Steati-
tis OR Kwashiorkor OR Overweight OR Obesity, Ab-
dominal OR Obesity, Morbid OR Wasting Syndrome)
AND (Hand Strength OR Muscle Strength OR Mus-
cle Weakness OR Ergometry OR Ergometer OR Mod-
al Ergometry) AND ((diagnosis/broad [filter]) OR ran-
dom* OR ((prognos*[Title/Abstract] OR (first[Title/
Abstract] AND episode[Title/Abstract]) OR cohort[Title/
Abstract]))))) NOT ((((((ergometry OR ergometer OR
model ergometry) AND (strength OR muscle OR weak-
ness) AND (diagnosis/broad [filter] OR prognosis/
broad [filter] OR random*))) OR ((hand strength OR
muscle strength OR muscle weakness) AND (ergome-
try OR ergometer OR modal ergometry) and ((diag-
nosis/broad [filter]) or random* or ((prognos*[title/
abstract] or (first[title/abstract] and episode[title/ab-
stract]) or cohort[title/abstract]))))))
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tudies
retrieved
The number of studies retrieved until the last day of
searching (03/11/16) according to the final search strat-
egy was 3,292.
E
xclusion
criteria
Articles that did not meet the specificities of PICO, that
were not available for access in full, and those written in
languages other than English, Portuguese or Spanish
were excluded.