Search strategy
| Pubmed: | Polymyalg* AND (imaging OR ultrasono* OR sonograph* OR echogr* OR “computed tomography” OR “computer assisted tomography” OR “bone scan” OR “nuclear medicine” OR “scintigraph*” OR “PET” OR “positron” OR “MRI” OR “magnetic”) |
|---|---|
| Ovid Medline: | |
| 1 | Polymyalgia Rheumatica/ |
| 2 | polymyalgi$.mp |
| 3 | PMR.tw |
| 4 | exp Rheumatic Diseases/ |
| 5 | 3 and 4 |
| 6 | 1 or 2 or 5 |
| 7 | human/ |
| 8 | (editorial or comment or historical article or review).pt |
| 9 | 7 not 8 |
| 10 | exp “diagnostic imaging”/ |
| 11 | (diagnostic imaging).mp |
| 12 | ri.fs |
| 13 | ra.fs |
| 14 | us.fs |
| 15 | mri.mp |
| 16 | (magnetic resonance).mp |
| 17 | (mr imaging).mp |
| 18 | mr scan$ |
| 19 | mr.ti |
| 20 | exp ultrasonography/ |
| 21 | ultrasound.mp |
| 22 | ultrason$.mp |
| 23 | echograph$.mp |
| 24 | sonograph$.mp |
| 25 | doppler$.mp |
| 26 | us.ti |
| 27 | scintigraph$.mp |
| 28 | positron.mp |
| 29 | PET.ti |
| 30 | ct.ti |
| 31 | radiograph$.mp |
| 32 | x-ray$.mp |
| 33 | or/10–32 |
| 34 | 6 and 9 and 33 |
| Ovid EMBASE: | |
| 1 | exp rheumatic polymyalgia/ |
| 2 | polymyalgi$.mp |
| 3 | PMR.tw |
| 4 | exp rheumatic disease/ |
| 5 | 3 and 4 |
| 6 | 1 or 2 or 5 |
| 7 | limit 6 to human |
| 8 | limit 6 to editorial |
| 9 | limit 6 to review |
| 10 | 7 not (8 or 9) |
| 11 | diagnostic imaging.mp. |
| 12 | exp diagnostic imaging/ |
| 13 | radiodiagnosis/ |
| 14 | exp echography/ |
| 15 | exp computer assisted tomography/ |
| 16 | exp nuclear magnetic resonance imaging/ |
| 17 | exp positron emission tomography/ |
| 18 | ct.ti |
| 19 | (mr imaging).mp |
| 20 | (magnetic resonance).mp |
| 21 | mri.mp |
| 22 | mr.ti |
| 23 | pet.mp |
| 24 | positron.mp |
| 25 | scintigraph$.mp |
| 26 | sonograph$.mp |
| 27 | ultraso$.mp |
| 28 | echograph$.mp |
| 29 | doppler$.mp |
| 30 | us.ti |
| 31 | exp ultrasound |
| 32 | di.fs |
| 33 | radiograph$.mp |
| 34 | x-ray$.mp |
| 35 | or/11–34 |
| 36 | 10 and 35 |
The search was performed by combining the following search terms: polymyalgia/polymyalgic and (ultrasound or radiograph or X-ray or imaging or CT or MRI or PET or CT or isotope bone scan or positron emission tomography or MR). No language restrictions were made, in case the abstract reveals useful information.