Women's Health Across the Lifespan: A Sex- and Gender-Focused Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Women's health in physical therapy has historically focused on sexual and reproductive health. The biological and social constructs of sex and gender, respectively, are determinants of health, including pathophysiology of disease and therapeutic outcomes, and an expansion of the concept of "women's health" is warranted. This Perspective explores the role of sex and gender as key determinants of women's and girls' health and highlights the factors pertinent to physical therapist practice. The Scale for the Assessment for Narrative Review Articles (SANRA), a 6-point assessment to evaluate the quality of narrative reviews, was used a priori and consulted throughout. Across the lifespan, sex- and gender-based health disparities exist. These include sex-based disparities in maternal-fetal outco

SUBMITTER: McKinney JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11523629 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature