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Background and Purpose: Driving is a key factor in maintaining autonomy and participation in life. Occupational therapists (OTs) are expected to assess individuals who want to resume driving post stroke [...]

Executive Summary The Stroke Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Review (SREBR) reviews techniques, therapies, devices, procedures, and medications associated with stroke rehabilitation. The purpose of the Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation was to [...]

There is a revolution underway in stroke rehabilitation. International comparative studies coupled with an impressive evidence base have provided a platform from which an ideal system for stroke rehabilitation can [...]

Stroke rehabilitation in Canada continues to function under models and practices that have changed little in the last four decades and struggles to implement new evidence-based or best practices. Ontario, [...]

Purpose: This evaluation compared a new self-management program with land and water exercise (Moving On after STroke or MOST) to a standard education program (Living with Stroke or LWS). Participants: [...]

An estimated 15% of all patients admitted to stroke rehabilitation units experience a brainstem stroke. Two case studies are presented to illustrate some of the difficulties encountered in the rehabilitation [...]

Poststroke depression (PSD) is a common clinical consequence of stroke. PSD is associated with poor functional and social outcomes, reduced quality of life, the presence of cognitive impairment, and increased [...]

It is a concern that the consistency of care in stroke rehabilitation appears to vary significantly among practice settings within Canada. Based upon an evidence-based review of stroke rehabilitation, a [...]

In both animal and clinical studies, motor rehabilitation and training increase cortical representation and improve recovery, whereas lack of training decreases cortical representation for particular motor functions. In animals, delays [...]

In both animal and clinical studies, training or rehabilitation increases cortical representation with subsequent functional recovery, whereas a lack of rehabilitation or training decreases cortical representation and delays recovery. Animals [...]

Task-oriented therapy is important. It makes intuitive sense that the best way to relearn a given task is to train specifically for that task. In animals, functional reorganization is greater [...]

Brain capacity is dependent not so much on the number of neurons but on the number of synaptic connections with functional connections that develop over a lifetime of genetic programming [...]

Reorganization of the cortex post stroke is dependent not only on the lesion site but also on remote brain areas that have structural connections with the area damaged by the [...]

Reorganization of the brain, specifically the motor cortex surrounding the stroke, accounts for much of the observed neurological recovery following stroke. Not surprisingly, size of the stroke lesion has the [...]

Visual perceptual disorders are a common clinical consequence of stroke. They include unilateral neglect, which has a major impact on rehabilitation outcome. The nature of the behavioral deficits associated with [...]

A major component of stroke rehabilitation focuses on gait restoration. The purpose of this review is to examine the efficacy of a variety of gait retraining techniques currently in clinical [...]

A systematic review of the literature from 1970-2002 was conducted to highlight the issues facing stroke survivors and their families upon integration into the community. Areas of interests were social [...]

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials published from 1970-2002 was conducted to assess whether specialized inpatient stroke rehabilitation is associated with improved outcomes compared to conventional care. Twelve studies [...]

A systematic review of the randomized controlled trims published from 1970-2002 was conducted to assess the effectiveness of early supported discharge programs in the context of stroke rehabilitation. Ten studies, [...]

Although the most effective means of treating aphasia post stroke has not been determined, several areas of aphasia therapy have proven to be more effective than others. A recent study [...]

The Stroke Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Review was designed to be a comprehensive review of the stroke rehabilitation literature. Despite a wealth of research, which included 272 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), many [...]

A comprehensive evidence-based review of stroke rehabilitation was created to be an up-to-date review of the current evidence in stroke rehabilitation and to provide specific conclusions based on evidence that [...]

The Stroke Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Review revealed a wide range of quality scores across primary studies. The aim of this section is to determine what differences there are across studies and [...]

Evidence-based practice attempts to implement the results of research trials (evidence) and to translate those results into clinical practice, with the presumed goal of improving the effectiveness of clinical care. [...]

The Stroke Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Review was intended to be an up-to-date review of all therapies associated with stroke rehabilitation including both therapeutic interventions and medications. This section describes the literature [...]