The Stroke Assessment of Fall Risk (SAFR): predictive validity in inpatient stroke rehabilitation.

Objective: To evaluate relative accuracy of a newly developed Stroke Assessment of Fall Risk (SAFR) for classifying fallers and non-fallers, compared with a health system fall risk screening tool, the Fall Harm Risk Screen.

Design And Setting: Prospective quality improvement study conducted at an inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit at a large urban university hospital.

Participants: Patients admitted for inpatient stroke rehabilitation (N = 419) with imaging or clinical evidence of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, between 1 August 2009 and 31 July 2010.

Supporting clinical practice behavior change among neurologic physical therapists: a case study in knowledge translation.

Background And Purpose: Physical therapists tend to underuse research evidence in clinical practice. Emerging research on knowledge translation activities (KTAs) provides guidance to address this problem. We describe a yearlong effort to promote clinical practice behavior change in neurologic physical therapists.

Novel approach to the application of botulinum toxin to the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle in acquired brain injury.

Primary Objective: To determine if the finger flexor mapping technique is useful in the reduction of spasticity when injecting neurotoxin within the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle.

Research Design: Case series of consecutive persons with acquired brain injury with upper limb spasticity.

Methods And Procedures: The flexor digitorum superficialis mapping technique was used to determine the optimal location for botulinum toxin A insertion into each belly of the flexor digitorum superficialis.