Table 1.

Study groups and designs.

Study group							Study design
		Secondary studies							Primary studies
	Review	Systematic review	Meta analysis	Meta synthesis	RCT	Non-RCT	Cohort	Cross sectional	Survey	Validation	Qualitative	Case	Guideline	Total
Biomechanical	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	19	27
Brain injury	2	7	1	0	4	6	42	4	1	9	11	4	20	111
Cancer	12	8	1	1	29	5	56	10	10	2	70	4	20	228
Cardiac	5	6	12	0	34	5	41	9	12	3	30	0	17	174
Diabetes	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7
Elderly	7	6	1	2	25	5	26	5	2	6	9	2	13	108
Functional disorder	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	14
Hearing impairment	1	2	0	0	1	1	8	1	0	1	9	3	6	33
Intensive care	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	10
Lungs/pulmonary	3	2	3	0	13	3	22	7	2	3	19	2	14	93
Mental/Cognitive	2	4	0	2	4	2	5	1	1	0	7	2	3	33
Mixed population	0	3	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	2	17
Musculoskeletal	12	14	5	1	75	17	71	20	2	16	24	8	77	342
Neurological	6	7	3	1	15	10	25	13	2	16	13	12	27	151
Oral health	3	1	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	1	2	4	7	29
Rheumatic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	5
Sickness absence	0	2	0	0	6	1	18	2	2	3	14	0	4	52
Stroke	3	6	1	1	11	3	27	2	3	2	19	2	17	97
Substance abuse	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	8
Surgery	8	0	0	0	5	7	14	0	0	0	2	0	7	43
Refugees/torture	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	6	3	3	23
Sport	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	5	15
Other	4	2	2	0	6	4	24	7	6	11	11	5	39	121
Healthcare professional	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	7	0	19	0	6	38
Total	72	74	30	8	240	79	406	90	51	80	285	52	312	1779