EBRSR: An Introduction

Welcome to the 12^th edition of the EBRSR.  The EBRSR continues to expand as the stroke rehabilitation literature continues to grow at a seemingly exponential rate.  The EBRSR website continues to do well with visits from 114 countries over the past year.  The EBRSR now has utilized 3,407 studies with in-depth reviews of almost 2000 studies, including 956 RCTs.  We have also added a new case-based feature, our Educational Modules.  This year the entire EBRSR was translated into Japanese and has its own separate website.

We are grateful to the Canadian Stroke Network (CSN), a Canadian federal centre of excellence, for providing the funding for the EBRSR.  Special thanks to Dr. Tony Hakim, Katie Lafferty, and Nicol Korner-Bitensky at the CSN.

Many readers have e-mailed us with their comments and we encourage you do so as well.  We also encourage you to e-mail us if you have any concerns regarding our analyses.  This helps us to ensure our data and conclusions are the best possible.

Robert Teasell MD FRCPC

Norine Foley

Katherine Salter