Exercise-based rehabilitation for major non-communicable diseases in low-resource settings: a scoping review.
Martin HeineAlison Lupton-SmithMaureen PakoshSherry Lynn GraceWayne DermanSusan D HanekomPublished in: BMJ global health (2019)
The scope of evidence suggests that adapted exercise-based rehabilitation programmes can be implemented in LRS. However, this scope of evidence originated largely from lower middle-income, urban settings and has mostly been conducted in an academic context which may hamper extrapolation of evidence to other LRS. Cost-benefits, impact on activity limitations and participation restrictions, and subsequent mortality and morbidity are grossly understudied.