%0 Journal Article %A Anne Forster %A John Young %T Research networks for stroke rehabilitation: opportunities and barriers %D 2005 %R 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-1-42 %J Clinical Medicine %P 42-46 %V 5 %N 1 %X 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. %U https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/5/1/42.full.pdf