title: Evidence-based stroke rehabilitation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Evidence-based practice, the linking of research evidence with clinical decision-making, has been a major recent development. However there are many challenges to the development of evidence-based stroke rehabilitation. Before it can become a reality we need to establish a reliable evidence-base providing information which is relevant, reliable, accessible and understandable. This article describes some steps taken to develop such information based on common questions generated by clinicians.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stroke rehabilitation needs to establish and apply a solid evidence-base even though the challenges are formidable.
authors.affiliation: Stroke Therapy Evaluation Programme (STEP), Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Third Floor Centre Block, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK. P.Langhorne@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Langhorne
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Legg
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pollock
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sellars
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation