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    Literature search strategy

    Databases

    Date searched

    Version/files

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane Library)

    23/02/2022

    Issue 2 of 12, February 2022

    Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials – CENTRAL (Cochrane Library)

    23/02/2022

    Issue 2 of 12, February 2022

    International HTA database

    2302/2022

    -

    MEDLINE (Ovid)

    23/02/2022

    1946 to February 22, 2022

    MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid) & MEDLINE ePubs ahead of print (Ovid)

    23/02/2022

    1946 to February 22, 2022

    EMBASE (Ovid)

    23/02/2022

    1974 to 2022 February 22

    Embase Conference (Ovid)

    23/02/2022

    1974 to 2022 February 22

    Trial sources searched April 2021

    • Clinicaltrials.gov

    • ISRCTN

    • WHO International Clinical Trials Registry

    Websites searched

    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

    • NHS England

    • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - MAUDE database

    • Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures – Surgical (ASERNIP – S)

    • Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network (ANZHSN)

    • General internet search

    MEDLINE search strategy

    The MEDLINE search strategy was translated for use in the other sources.

    Strategy used:

    1 Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation/

    2 Electric Stimulation Therapy/

    3 Electric Stimulation/

    4 ((transcutaneous or neuromodulat* or analgesic or transdermal or percutaneous) adj4 electr* adj4 (stimulat* or therap*)).tw.

    5 electroanalges*.tw.

    6 (NMES or TENS or FES or eTENS or TNS).tw.

    7 Electrostimul*.tw.

    8 Electrotherap*.tw.

    9 ((trigemin* or cran*) adj4 nerv* adj4 (stimulat* or therap*)).tw.

    10 or/1-9

    11 exp Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/

    12 "attention deficit and disruptive behavior disorders"/

    13 ((attenti* or disrupt*) adj4 disorder*).tw.

    14 (adhd or addh or ad hd or ad??hd).tw.

    15 hkd.tw.

    16 (hyperactiv* or inattent* or hyperkin* or hyper-kin*).tw.

    17 Child Development Disorders, Pervasive/

    18 Child* development disorder*.tw.

    19 neurodevelopmental disorders/

    20 (neurodevelop* adj4 disorder*).tw.

    21 or/11-20

    22 eMonarch.tw.

    23 monarch eTNS system.tw.

    24 Monarch eTNS.tw.

    25 external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation.tw.

    26 or/22-25

    27 10 and 21

    28 26 or 27

    29 animals/ not Humans/

    30 28 not 29

    31 limit 30 to english language