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Table 1 Search strategies

From: Upper extremity asymmetry due to nerve injuries or central neurologic conditions: a scoping review

Initial search performed on 1/26/2023 by study investigators

PUBMED

(((((upper extremity[Title/Abstract]) OR (upper limbs[Title/Abstract])) OR (arm[Title/Abstract])) OR (hand[Title/Abstract])) AND (((activity[Title/Abstract]) OR (movement[Title/Abstract])) OR (motion[Title/Abstract]))) AND (((asymmetry[Title/Abstract]) OR (imbalance[Title/Abstract])) OR (inequality[Title/Abstract]))

WEB OF SCIENCE

(((((TS = (upper extremity) OR TS = (upper limbs)) OR TS = (arm)) OR TS = (hand)) AND ((TS = (activity) OR TS = (movement)) OR TS = (motion))) AND ((TS = (asymmetry) OR TS = (imbalance)) OR TS = (inequality)))

SCOPUS

TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "upper extremity" OR "upper limbs" OR arm OR hand) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( activity OR movement OR motion) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( asymmetry OR imbalance OR inequality)

Follow-up searches performed April 18, 2023 by medical librarian

OVID

Database(s): Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present and Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily, EBM Reviews—Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials March 2023, EBM Reviews—Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005 to April 18, 2023, Embase 1974 to 2023 April 17

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Searches

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Functional Laterality/ or (asymmet* or symmetr*).ti,ab,kf. or (unilateral* or unimanual or bimanual or "right-dominan*" or "left-dominan*" or sided or side or "dominant-side" or "non-dominant" or nondominant or "left–right" or affected or non-affected or unaffected or hemi* or isometric* or ipselateral or ipsilesional or imbalanc* or laterality).ti

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exp Upper Extremity/ or (arm or arms or forearm or elbow* or shoulder* or wrist or trunk or torso or hand or hands or grip or grasp* or "upper-limb*" or "inter-limb" or "upper-extremit*" or finger or fingers).ti

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exp Motor Activity/ or Motor Skills/ or Movement/ or exp Muscle Strength/ or exp Neurologic Manifestations/ or (motion or movement* or moving or motor or kinematic* or "manual-skill" or "manual-dexterity" or dexterity or "sensory-motor" or "motor-deficit*" or dexterity or kinematic or activity or function or actigraph* or coordinat* or "muscle strength" or performance or impairment or impaired or inhibition or jerk or useage or function* or disuse or task or tasks).ti

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"Brachial Plexus Neuropathies"/ or Brachial Plexus/ or Cerebral Palsy/ or Hemiplegia/ or "Gait Disorders, Neurologic"/ or exp Parkinsonian Disorders/ or ("pan-plexus" or "cerebral palsy" or spastic or hemiparesis or "multiple-sclerosis" or MS or parkinson* or "brachial-plexus" or "spinal-cord injur*" or stroke or poststroke or neurologic* or (nerv* adj2 (injur* or damag*))).ti

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Psychomotor Performance/ or Actigraphy/ or Wearable Electronic Devices/ or "Monitoring, Physiologic"/ or Disability Evaluation/ or exp Artificial Intelligence/ or (actigraph* or measur* or test* or assess* or wearable* or sensor or sensors or scor* or index* or indeces or tool or tools or performance or evaluat* or detect* or classif* or quantif* or model* or analy* or "machine learning" or algorithm* or "artificial-intelligence").ti,ab,kf

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and/1–5

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(conference abstract or conference review or editorial or erratum or note or addresses or autobiography or bibliography or biography or blogs or comment or dictionary or directory or interactive tutorial or interview or lectures or legal cases or legislation or news or newspaper article or patient education handout or periodical index or portraits or published erratum or video-audio media or webcasts).mp. or conference abstract.st

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6 not 7

9

limit 8 to english language [Limit not valid in CDSR; records were retained]

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limit 9 to yr = "2000 -Current"

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remove duplicates from 10

SCOPUS

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Searches

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TITLE-ABS-KEY (asymmet* OR symmetr*) OR TITLE (unilateral* OR unimanual OR bimanual OR "right-dominan*" OR "left-dominan*" OR sided OR side OR "dominant-side" OR "non-dominant" OR nondominant OR "left–right" OR affected OR non-affected OR unaffected OR hemi* OR isometric* OR ipselateral OR ipsilesional OR imbalanc* OR laterality)

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TITLE ( arm OR arms OR forearm OR elbow* OR shoulder* OR wrist OR trunk OR torso OR hand OR hands OR grip OR grasp* OR "upper-limb*" OR "inter-limb" OR "upper-extremit*" OR finger OR fingers)

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TITLE ( motion OR movement* OR moving OR motor OR kinematic* OR "manual-skill" OR "manual-dexterity" OR dexterity OR "sensory-motor" OR "motor-deficit*" OR dexterity OR kinematic OR activity OR function OR actigraph* OR coordinat* OR "muscle strength" OR performance OR impairment OR impaired OR inhibition OR jerk OR useage OR function* OR disuse OR task OR tasks)

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TITLE-ABS-KEY ( "pan-plexus" OR "cerebral palsy" OR spastic OR hemiparesis OR "multiple-sclerosis" OR ms OR parkinson* OR "brachial-plexus" OR "spinal-cord injur*" OR stroke OR poststroke OR neurologic*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( nerv* W/2 ( injur* OR damag*))

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TITLE-ABS-KEY ( actigraph* OR measur* OR test* OR assess* OR wearable* OR sensor OR sensors OR scor* OR index* OR indeces OR tool OR tools OR performance OR evaluat* OR detect* OR classif* OR quantif* OR model* OR analy* OR "machine learning" OR algorithm* OR "artificial-intelligence")

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1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 AND 5

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INDEX(embase) OR INDEX(medline) OR PMID(0* OR 1* OR 2* OR 3* OR 4* OR 5* OR 6* OR 7* OR 8* OR 9*)

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( LIMIT-TO ( DOCTYPE, "ar")) AND ( LIMIT-TO ( LANGUAGE, "English")) AND ( LIMIT-TO ( SRCTYPE, "j"))