Research networks for stroke rehabilitation: opportunities and barriers
Anne Forster and John Young Stroke United Network Yorkshire (SUNY)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.5-1-42
Clin Med January 2005 Anne Forster
Department of Health Care for the Elderly, St Luke's Hospital, Bradford
Roles: Principal Research Fellow
John Young
Department of Health Care for the Elderly, St Luke's Hospital, Bradford
Roles: Consultant Physician

Abstract
The previous negative attitude to stroke care is gradually giving way to a more positive approach, stimulated by a growing evidence base and policy initiatives such as the requirement that stroke units be established in all district general hospitals. There is now a new opportunity to link groups of stroke units into research networks to support the implementation of multi-centre trials. Such trials have the potential to increase patient recruitment rates, and will enhance the generalisability of the findings. Recent experience in establishing a stroke rehabilitation research network is reported in this paper.
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Research networks for stroke rehabilitation
Anne Forster, John Young
Clinical Medicine Jan 2005, 5 (1) 42-46; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-1-42
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