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Published online: 23 May 2025
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Keywords
- patient discharge
- recovery of function
- rehabilitation
- stroke
- stroke rehabilitation
Subjects
- Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke
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Joel Stein, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5527-025X [emailprotected]
Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (J.S.).
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Samuel M. Bierner, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-7209
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.M.B.), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
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Steve Dentel, RN, BSN https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3879-2950
American Heart Association, Dallas, TX (S.D., M.P., K.P., J.P.).
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Aly Downs, PhD, OT
Dakota Alpha, HIT, Inc, Mandan, ND (A.D.).
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Mark Kovic, OTD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5255-6911
Occupational Therapy Program, College of Health Sciences, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL (M.K.).
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Barbara J. Lutz, PhD, RN https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-7312
School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina Wilmington (B.J.L.).
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Madeline Pawloski, MHA, MOT, OTR/L
American Heart Association, Dallas, TX (S.D., M.P., K.P., J.P.).
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Kylie Picou, MPH, RD
American Heart Association, Dallas, TX (S.D., M.P., K.P., J.P.).
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Janna Pietrzak, BSN, RN
American Heart Association, Dallas, TX (S.D., M.P., K.P., J.P.).
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Sue Pugh, RN, MSN
Stroke Unit, University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute, Baltimore (S.P.).
Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing, Samford University, Birmingham, AL (S.P.).
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Kathleen Volkman, PT, MS, NCS
Division of Physical Therapy Education (Emeritus) (K.V.), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
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Kristy Weissling, SLPD
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (K.W.).
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Richard Zorowitz, MD
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network, Washington, DC (R.Z.).
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Pamela W. Duncan, PhD, PT https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4838-3253
Department of Neurology (Emeritus), Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC (P.W.D.).
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Notes
The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.
For Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 1654.
Supplemental Material is available at Supplemental Material.
Correspondence to: Joel Stein, MD, Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, 180 Ft Washington Ave, Harkness Pavilion Room 1-165, New York, NY 10032. Email [emailprotected]
Disclosures
Dr Bierner’s employer receives research funding from the Center for Biomechanics, Rehabilitation and Manufacturing and legal consulting fees from Fee Evans, Row, and Holbrook. Dr Duncan owns stocks with Care Directions, a start-up digital platform that assists with patient-centered care management. Dr Lutz receives research funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the American Heart Association. She is also compensated by MedBridge, Inc, for online nursing Continuing Education Unit lectures, and has a patent pending for PATH2Caregiving, a caregiver mHealth training app. Dr Stein’s employer receives research funding from BrainQ, Microtransponder, the NIH, and the New York State Spinal Cord Injury Research Board. He is also compensated as a consultant to MedRhythms, BrainQ, and Dessintey. K. Weissling receives grant support from the US Department of Education and other support from the Nebraska Stroke Association. She is employed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She receives royalties from a presentation for MedBridge, Inc. Dr Zorowitz receives research funding from Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Brain Q, and NIH StrokeNet. The other authors report no conflicts.
Sources of Funding
This project was supported by the American Heart Association and funded substantially by a grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust.
