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Stroke
Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)
Measurement
Special Symposium
Steven Cramer, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM
Executive Director and Professor
Cedars-Sinai
Valley Village, California
A number of therapies are emerging that aim to promote favorable brain plasticity after stroke, with the goal being to improve outcomes and reduce disability. Treating the brain is not a “one-size-fits-all” process. Instead, certain treatments are more, or less, likely to improve brain function in specific subsets of patients. This presentation will briefly review the range of therapies under study, then focus on measurements that have been evaluated for predicting responders versus non-responders in the context of restorative therapies after stroke, with an emphasis on studies targeting the motor system.