Table 1.
Search strategies used with four databases to identify articles describing the relationship between sarcopenia and physical activities
| Database (yield) | Search terms | Record identified through searching |
|---|---|---|
| PubMed | Search (sarcopenia[Title]) AND (“physical activit*”) AND (cross-sectional OR cohort) | 85 |
| Scopus | (TITLE (sarcopenia) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (“physical activit*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (cross-sectional OR cohort)) | 54 |
| EBSCOhost | TI sarcopenia AND TX “physical activit*” AND TX (cross-sectional OR cohort) | 182 |
| ScienceDirect | TITLE (sarcopenia) and TITLE-ABSTR-KEY ((“physical activit*”) AND (cross-sectional OR cohort)) | 22 |
Note: January 4, 2017 – record identified through database searching: 343.