Table 1
Search strategy and key.
| Database | Equation |
| Web of Science (WOS) | 1 TS=(female* OR women OR girl*) 2 TS=(handball) 3 TS=(exercise* OR training OR prevent* OR intervention) 5 TS=(ACL injury* OR anterior cruciate ligament injury* OR lower limb injury* OR knee injury*) 1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #5 |
| Sport Discus | (female* OR women OR girl) AND handball AND (exercise OR training OR prevent* OR intervention) AND (ACL injury* OR anterior cruciate ligament injury* OR lower limb injury* OR knee injury*) |
| PubMed | ((((female[Title/Abstract] OR women[Title/Abstract] OR girl[Title/Abstract]) AND (handball[Title/Abstract])) AND (exercise[Title/Abstract] OR training[Title/Abstract] OR prevent[Title/Abstract] OR intervention[Title/Abstract])) AND (ACL injur[Title/Abstract] OR anterior cruciate ligament injur[Title/Abstract] OR lower limb injury[Title/Abstract] OR knee injury[Title/Abstract]) |
| Scopus | (TITLE-ABS-KEY (female* OR women OR girl) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (handball) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (exercis OR training OR prevent* OR intervention) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (acl AND injury* OR anterior AND cruciate AND ligament AND injury* OR lower AND limb AND injury* OR knee AND injury*)) |
| Cochrane | (female* OR women OR girl) in Title Abstract Keyword AND handball in Title Abstract Keyword AND (exercis OR training OR prevent* OR intervention) in Title Abstract Keyword AND (ACL injur* OR anterior cruciate ligament injury* OR lower limb injury* OR knee injury*) in Title Abstract Keyword |
| ScienceDirect | (females OR women OR girls) AND (ACL injury OR anterior cruciate ligament injury) AND (exercise OR training OR prevention) AND handball |
