A PubMed search filter for efficiently retrieving exercise training studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A barrier to evidence-informed exercise programming is locating studies of exercise training programs. The purpose of this study was to create a search filter for studies of exercise training programs for the PubMed electronic bibliographic database.

Methods

Candidate search terms were identified from three sources: exercise-relevant MeSH terms and their corresponding Entry terms, word frequency analysis of articles in a gold-standard reference set curated from systematic reviews focused on exercise training, and retrospective searching of articles retrieved in the search filter development and testing steps. These terms were assembled into an exercise training search filter, and its performance was assessed against a basic search string applied to six case studie

SUBMITTER: Yin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11653657 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature