OBJECTIVES To test the feasibility of conducting a controlled trial into the effectiveness of a self-management programme integrated into stroke rehabilitation. DESIGN A feasibility cluster-randomised design was utilised with stroke rehabilitation teams as units of randomisation. SETTING Community-based stroke rehabilitation teams in London. PARTICIPANTS 78 patients with a diagnosis of st...

Correspondence to: Peter Langhorne, Professor of Stroke Care, Stroke Therapy Evaluation Programme (STEP), Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Level 3, Centre Block, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 OSF, UK; [email protected] _________________________ S troke is a common and serious condition for which there is no routinely available curative treatment. Because of the high burden of disabil...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke units improve outcome for stroke patients. Comparative controlled studies between stroke units are required to determine which components of stroke unit rehabilitation influence outcome and which may be investigated further in randomized controlled trials. This study compares 2 stroke units with regard to the effect differences in practice have on functional recove...

BACKGROUND We evaluated the efficacy of a regular interdisciplinary stroke team approach on rehabilitation outcome. METHODS We compared a stroke rehabilitation unit (SRU) with regular interdisciplinary stroke team conferences with general rehabilitation ward (GRW) without such conferences in the same rehabilitation hospital. One hundred and seventy-eight patients within 3 months after stroke ...

PURPOSE Our aims were to evaluate evidence of risk factors for falls among patients in stroke rehabilitation and to offer recommendations for clinical practice and future research. METHOD We conducted an integrative review of the literature published from 1990 to 2009 that describes empirical investigations of risk factors for post-stroke falls during inpatient rehabilitation. We searched Med...

BACKGROUND Stroke is one of leading diseases causing adult death and disability worldwide. Home-based telerehabilitation has become a novel approach for stroke patients as effective as conventional rehabilitation, and more convenient and economical than conventional rehabilitation. However, there is no study assessing the mechanism of home-based telerehabilitation in promoting motor recovery am...