Opening the Black Box of Poststroke Rehabilitation: Stroke Rehabilitation Patients, Processes, and Outcomes
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DeJong G, Horn SD, Conroy B, Nichols D, Healton EB. Opening the black box of poststroke 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 poststroke 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.
bDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
cInstitute for Clinical Outcomes Research, Salt Lake City, UT
Reprint requests to Gerben DeJong, PhD, National Rehabilitation Hospital, 102 Irving St NW, Washington, DC 20010
Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133B990005) and the U.S. Army & Materiel Command (cooperative agreement award no. DAMD17-02-2-0032). The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this article are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy, or decision unless so designated by other documentation.
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