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Rehabilitation after stroke for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Indigenous peoples globally: a scoping review and critical content analysis Meaghan McAllister (25157289) Daniel McAullay (Noongar (25157292) Dave Parsons (17545076) Linda Cresdee (Murri (25157295) Jane White (6839324) Kerri Colegate (Noongar Yamatji (25157298) Rebecca Clinch (Ngadju Yamatji (25157301) Angela Dos Santos (Gumbaynggirr Kwiamble (25157304) Elizabeth Armstrong (9280763) Medicine Biotechnology Cancer Science Policy Mental Health Cardiology Stroke rehabilitation Indigenous decolonisation allied health <p>In settler-colonial contexts Indigenous peoples experience greater incidence of stroke alongside issues of access and quality of health care and rehabilitation. This scoping review aimed to understand the extent and range of the literature relating to rehabilitation after stroke for Indigenous peoples and to critically explore where values and worldviews of Indigenous peoples are considered.</p> <p>This scoping review followed the guidance of the Joanna Briggs Institute. An Aboriginal Advisory Group guided data extraction and analysis and principles of Indigenist research framed a critical content analysis. A comprehensive search of databases and specific Indigenous health journals was conducted to identify all potential sources of evidence including grey literature.</p> <p>This review ultimately included 108 sources. The research varied in foci and methodologies, contributing a broad awareness of multi-factorial issues in rehabilitation for Indigenous peoples. Critical content analysis revealed rehabilitation after stroke is influenced by the multiple mechanisms and ongoing consequences of colonisation, including racism and the dominance of western understandings of health in rehabilitation.</p> <p>Tenets of recovery from Indigenous peoples’ perspectives were evident and future research towards realising self-determined rehabilitation is needed to transform clinical care and respond to the sovereignty of Indigenous peoples.</p> <p></p><p>While still limited, a burgeoning understanding of the ongoing impacts of colonisation upon stroke rehabilitation, including the dominance of Western perspectives that underpin its aims and values, can inform changes in practice such as alignment with cultural models of health and wellbeing.</p><p>Tenets of recovery and rehabilitation after stroke from Indigenous worldviews exist and further engagement with Indigenous knowledges will contribute to enhanced theory and meaningful practice in stroke rehabilitation and recovery.</p><p>A deeper understanding of the forms anti-Indigenous racism takes in the practices and institutions of rehabilitation is required.</p><p>Indigenist research principles and decolonial praxis can guide clinicians and researchers to make visible and delink from colonial ways of thinking and doing in rehabilitation after stroke.</p><p></p> <p>While still limited, a burgeoning understanding of the ongoing impacts of colonisation upon stroke rehabilitation, including the dominance of Western perspectives that underpin its aims and values, can inform changes in practice such as alignment with cultural models of health and wellbeing.</p> <p>Tenets of recovery and rehabilitation after stroke from Indigenous worldviews exist and further engagement with Indigenous knowledges will contribute to enhanced theory and meaningful practice in stroke rehabilitation and recovery.</p> <p>A deeper understanding of the forms anti-Indigenous racism takes in the practices and institutions of rehabilitation is required.</p> <p>Indigenist research principles and decolonial praxis can guide clinicians and researchers to make visible and delink from colonial ways of thinking and doing in rehabilitation after stroke.</p> 2026-10-01T15:58:33Z Dataset Dataset 10.6084/m9.figshare.34046796.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Rehabilitation_after_stroke_for_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_peoples_and_Indigenous_peoples_globally_a_scoping_review_and_critical_content_analysis/34046796 CC BY 4.0