title: [The role of gender medicine in rehabilitation].
abstract: This article provides a coherent view of gender differences in rehabilitation medicine from the biological, individual and social perspective. It reports the role of gender in pain, in rehabilitation of the musculosceletal system and in rehabilitation of patients with prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien, Wien, Osterreich. pmr.office@akh-wien.ac.at
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fialka-Moser
authors.forename: Gerda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vacariu
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crevenna
authors.forename: Malvina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herceg
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010146:Pain / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012727:Sex Characteristics