RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Research networks for stroke rehabilitation: opportunities and barriers
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 42
OP 46
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-1-42
VO 5
IS 1
A1 Anne Forster
A1 John Young
YR 2005
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/1/42.abstract
AB 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.