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Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for studies included in this review

Variable	Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
Publication date	Articles before November 27, 2020	Articles after November 27, 2020
Language	English	Not published in English
Participant diagnosis	EDS (all subtypes) as identified by Berlin 1988 nosology,⁹ Villefranche 1998 nosology,⁶ Brighton 1998,¹⁰ and/or 2017 EDS classification.¹¹ Participants diagnosed with generalized joint hypermobility, hypermobility spectrum disorders, and other hEDS clinical analogs.	Inclusion of participants that do not meet any diagnosis found in the Participant diagnosis inclusion criteria.
Participant age	Adults (18 y or older)	Age younger than 18 y
Intervention	Includes structured exercise or rehabilitation interventions.^*	Interventions with the purpose of changing behavior (ie, exercise/physical activity engagement) without structured exercise or rehabilitation programming.
Study type	Case-controlProspective cohortRetrospective cohortIntervention studies including • Single-arm intervention studies • Quasi-experimental • Randomized and nonrandomized controlled trials	Review articles Case reports Animal studies

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Exercise and rehabilitation interventions are operationally defined as interventions involving regular, structured aerobic, resistance, stability, or balance exercises with the intended purpose of improving physical fitness and/or health outcomes.