The impact of physical therapy on functional outcomes after stroke : what ’ s the evidence ?

RPS Van Peppen Department of Physical Therapy, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, G Kwakkel Department of Physical Therapy, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam and Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine ‘de Hoogstraat’, Utrecht, The Netherlands, S Wood-Dauphinee School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, HJM Hendriks Dutch Institute of Allied Health Care (Npi), Amersfoort and Maastricht University, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht, PhJ Van der Wees Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF), Amersfoort and J Dekker Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (EMGO Institute), Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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