In recent years, the rising prevalence of chronic illness has led to an increase in disability of patients. Extensive research has been done to enhance both the functional abilities as well as the quality of the affected individuals’ lives. Researchers have worked on the effects of numerous scholars, keywords and countries of these specific fields. However, a few state-of-the-art bibliometric analyses have been done in this research to reduce the quantitative aspects of the vast research fields of rehabilitation. We have precisely selected 427 core papers from the Web of Science database spanning from 1999 to 2022 where Machine Learning (ML) or Deep Learning (DL) is used in the rehabilitation field. Consequently, our analysis focuses on citation patterns, trend analysis and collaborations between countries or influential keywords offering a detailed overview of global trends in this interdisciplinary domain. Additionally, we visualize the research trends of various authors and countries which provide invaluable insights into research impact as well as collaboration networks. Overall, this paper aims to shape the evolving field of rehabilitation by providing in depth analysis of the citation landscape, key researchers, and international collaborations.