Journal article
Biomarkers of Stroke Recovery: Consensus-Based Core Recommendations from the Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable*
LA Boyd, KS Hayward, NS Ward, CM Stinear, C Rosso, RJ Fisher, AR Carter, AP Leff, DA Copland, LM Carey, LG Cohen, DM Basso, JM Maguire, SC Cramer
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2017
Abstract
The most difficult clinical questions in stroke rehabilitation are “What is this patient’s potential for recovery?” and “What is the best rehabilitation strategy for this person, given her/his clinical profile?” Without answers to these questions, clinicians struggle to make decisions regarding the content and focus of therapy, and researchers design studies that inadvertently mix participants who have a high likelihood of responding with those who do not. Developing and implementing biomarkers that distinguish patient subgroups will help address these issues and unravel the factors important to the recovery process. The goal of the present paper is to provide a consensus statement regarding..
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Awarded by Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Funding Acknowledgements
LAB was supported by the Canada Research Chairs and MSFHR (CI-SCH-01796); KSH was supported by NHMRC (1088449) and Micheal Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) (15980); SCC was supported by a grant from NIH (K24 HD074722). DAC was supported by a University of Queensland Vice Chancellor's Fellowship; LMC acknowledges support from National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants (#1022694; #307905), James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative in Cognitive Rehabilitation - Collaborative Award (#220020413), NHMRC CRE in Stroke Rehabilitation and Brain Injury (#1077898) and an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (#FT0992299).