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Table 1 Overview of scoping review literature

From: Scoping ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in rehabilitation: (mis)representations and effects

Article Characteristics

Frequency and Percentage N (%)

References

Type of Rehabilitation/Article Emphasis

 Musculoskeletal rehabilitation

3 (5)

[28, 45, 46]

 Neurological (includes TBI, ABI, SCI, and stroke) rehabilitation

11 (17)

[23, 47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56]

 Sensory (includes vision and hearing) rehabilitation

1 (1)

[57]

 Cardiovascular rehabilitation

29 (45)

[25,26,27, 29, 35, 36, 58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80]

 Broad rehabilitation

4 (6)

[30, 81,82,83]

 Cancer rehabilitation

2 (3)

[84, 85]

 Assistive technology

8 (12)

[31,32,33,34, 44, 86,87,88]

 Caregiving (all post-stroke)

7 (11)

[37,38,39,40,41,42,43]

Type of Article

 Original research

38 (58)

[25, 27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34, 38,39,40,41,42,43,44, 46, 47, 49,50,51,52, 57, 60, 63, 66, 68, 69, 71,72,73,74, 77, 79, 84, 86,87,88]

  Mixed methods

2 (3)

[33, 40]

  Qualitative

9 (14)

[28, 29, 38, 46, 47, 60, 63, 71, 72]

  Quantitative

27 (41)

[25, 27, 30,31,32, 34, 39, 41,42,43,44, 49,50,51,52, 57, 66, 68, 69, 73, 74, 77, 79, 84, 86,87,88]

 Literature reviews

9 (14)

[35,36,37, 45, 61, 62, 64, 76, 78]

 Other (i.e., Editorials, theoretical frameworks, commentaries, etc.)

18 (28)

[23, 26, 48, 53,54,55,56, 58, 59, 65, 67, 70, 75, 80,81,82,83, 85]

Article Setting

 Not Applicable

13 (20)

[23, 48, 53, 56, 58, 59, 70, 75, 80,81,82,83, 85]

 Global (Mostly HICs, with limited LMIC representation)

2 (3)

[35, 36]

 LMICs

7 (11)

[27, 29,30,31,32,33,34]

  Sierra Leone

1

[34]

  Iran

1

[27]

  Indonesia

1

[29]

  India

1

[33]

  Ghana

1

[32]

  Bangladesh

1

[31]

  Multiple LMICs

1

[30]

 HICs

45 (69)

[25, 26, 28, 37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47, 49,50,51,52, 54, 55, 57, 60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69, 71,72,73,74, 76,77,78,79, 84, 86,87,88]

  United States

10

[25, 40, 42, 47, 49, 51, 65, 66, 77, 86]

  United Kingdom

1

[43]

  Taiwan

1

[88]

  Sweden

5

[28, 38, 39, 41, 57]

  Spain

1

[63]

  Norway

2

[46, 52]

  Italy

2

[50, 55]

  Denmark

1

[84]

  Canada

12

[44, 54, 60, 67,68,69, 71,72,73,74, 79, 87]

  Multiple HICs

8

[26, 37, 45, 61, 62, 64, 76, 78]