title: Stroke Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Review: methodology.
abstract: 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 search strategy, the data abstraction process, and the scale used to evaluate the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials included in the review and the system upon which the levels of evidence were based.
authors.affiliation: St. Joseph's Health Care London, Parkwood Site, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Norine C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Teasell
authors.forename: Sanjit K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhogal
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Speechley
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation