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<strong>KCE</strong> reports vol. 40 APPENDICES Physio<strong>the</strong>rapy 69<br />

C. SEARCH PROCEDURES FOR GAIT REHABILITATION IN THE ELDERLY<br />

1. MEDLINE (PUBMED; MAY 2006)<br />

Different associations of key word are realised to increase <strong>the</strong> possibility to find specific publications about <strong>the</strong><br />

walking disorders in elderly people:<br />

Elderly people AND walking disorders / elderly people AND gait disorders / elderly people AND locomotion<br />

disorder / elderly people AND ambulation disorder.<br />

Search for elderly people walking disorders AND rehabilitation 690 references found. Selection of <strong>the</strong><br />

references to be retrieved is made on basis of <strong>the</strong> title and <strong>the</strong> abstract. Only references focusing on gait<br />

rehabilitation in <strong>the</strong> elderly in general are retrieved. The following limitations have been applied to <strong>the</strong> search:<br />

- Limit previous search to practice guidelines : no reference found,<br />

- Limit to meta-analysis : 2 references found, not relevant,<br />

- Limit to reviews : 38 references found. Four are retrieved,<br />

- Limit to RCTs : 81 references were found. Only four are retrieved.<br />

Search for Elderly people gait disorders AND rehabilitation : 300 references found<br />

Search for Elderly people locomotion disorders AND rehabilitation : 209 references found<br />

Search for Elderly people ambulation disorders AND rehabilitation : 168 references found<br />

For <strong>the</strong> last three searchs, <strong>the</strong> same articles were selected than for walking disorders.<br />

2. PEDRO (MAY 2006)<br />

Search for elderly people and walking disorders in <strong>the</strong> advanced search window: 10 records found:<br />

- no practice guidelines<br />

- 2 systematic reviews; only one relevant (48),<br />

- 8 clinical trials found; only two relevant and already found in Medline (54, 58).<br />

3. COCHRANE REVIEWS (MAY 2006)<br />

Search for elderly people walking disorders in <strong>the</strong> search <strong>the</strong> abstracts window of <strong>the</strong> main Cochrane<br />

Reviews page: 2 records found. No one relevant.<br />

4. CENTRE FOR REVIEWS AND DISSEMINATION (MAY 2006)<br />

Search for elderly people AND Rehabilitation in all CRD databases (in title and abstracts). 24 records<br />

found. Only 1 new relevant reference was kept (53).<br />

5. ANAES, SSMG, WVVH, KNGF (MAY 2006)<br />

ANAES: Physio<strong>the</strong>rapy clinical practice guidelines: 1 reference was found: Prescribing motor function in frail<br />

elderly people living at home. April 2005.<br />

SSMG, WVVH, KNGF: No new reference found<br />

6. ADDITIONAL SEARCH IN EMBASE (JUNE 2006)<br />

The 2 new following relevant references were found and retrieved:

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