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Chapter 7
Results
Selection of papers
The bibliographic databases yielded 796 references in total (see Fig. 1). A total of 227 duplicates were excluded.The first screening of the remaining 569 titles and abstracts resulted in exclusion of 518 abstracts, because these did not concern a clinical study, did not include THA or TKA patients or provided no information on work status. Full-text screening of the 51 remaining potentially eligible papers resulted in exclusion of 32 papers because they did not meet the inclusion criteria.
Finally, 19 papers were selected for inclusion.
Fig 1 Flow Diagram.
Records identified through database searching
(n = 796)
Additional records identified through other sources
(n =41)
Records after duplicates removed (n = 569)
Records screened (n =569)
Full-text articles assessed for eligibility
(n =51)
Studies included (n =19)
Records excluded (n =518)
Full-text articles excluded, with reasons
(n = 32)
Fig 1 Flow Diagram.
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Included Eligibility Screening Identification