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Services
	Effects of different intensities of arm and leg rehabilitation
	Occupational therapy for stroke patients not admitted to hospital
Physical
	Should stroke patients use walking sticks?
	More evidence: arm constraint and repetitive training improve arm movement and activity.
	Treadmill walking is more symmetrical than floor walking in patients with stroke.
	Electrical stimulation of wrist extensors.
	Shoulder subluxation after stroke.
	Patients with unilateral spatial neglect have greater impairment and disability, and poorer functional outcome
Psychosocial
	Systematic review of depression in family caregivers.
	Further study needed to identify and address needs of carers of stroke patients.
	Depression associated with increased disability following stroke.
	The development of a new test to measure social integration following stroke.
Speech/Swallowing
	A useful screening test? An opportunity missed?
	Another report of the efficacy of aphasic therapy which fails the test of good evidence.
Rehabilitation Process
	Meaningful activities improve performance - if activity is 'meaningful' to the patient, rather than to the therapist.
	Use of visual-analogue scales by stroke patients.
Challenging Practice and Research
	Additional physiotherapy for the arm provided by physiotherapy assistants is beneficial for some patients
	Physiotherapy treatment approaches: similarities and differences
	New gait trainer assists non-ambulant stroke patients to achieve symmetrical gait pattern
	Non-paretic upper limb is affected following stroke, but improves with practice
	Evaluating abnormal muscle tone in the hemiplegic shoulder
	Gait velocity varies greatly in individual patients
	Measures of maximal grip force
	Muscle strength training: a new approach?
	Activity in contralateral limb
	Muscle torque at elbow and shoulder
	Postural observation after stroke
	Do patients think that they "freeze" when walking?
	The problem of describing our rehabilitation interventions
	An audit of stroke service reveals poor standards of care
	A brief review of factors associated with functional outcome
	Stroke trial outcomes - what a lot we've got
	Barthel and FIM: responsiveness
	Review of Ashworth Scales of spasticity
	Using the modified Ashworth Scale to assess correlations
	Comparing the Ashworth Scale with laboratory measures
	A fascinating, but incomplete, review of recovery from aphasia and neglect
	Aphasia screening test