title: Opening the black box of post-stroke rehabilitation: stroke rehabilitation patients, processes, and outcomes.
abstract: DeJong G, Horn SD, Conroy B, Nichols D, Healton EB. Opening the black box of post-stroke rehabilitation: stroke rehabilitation patients, processes, and outcomes. This article introduces the journal's supplement devoted to the methods and findings of the 7-site Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes Project (PSROP), a study designed to provide a very granular in-depth understanding of stroke rehabilitation practice and how practice is related to outcomes. The article summarizes current knowledge about the effectiveness of post-stroke rehabilitation, outlines where the PSROP fits into the broader traditions of stroke rehabilitation outcomes research, underscores the study's methodologic innovations, and summarizes the scope of the articles that follow.
authors.affiliation: National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC 20010, USA. Gerben.DeJong@MedStar.net
authors.forename: Gerben
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: DeJong
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Conroy
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Healton
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D020521:Stroke / Q000191:economics; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation