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KCE reports vol. 40 APPENDICES Physiotherapy 65
Life after stroke. New Zealand
guideline for management of stroke,
2003 (23)
Management of patients with stroke.
Rehabilitation, prevention and
management of complications, and
discharge planning.
A national clinical guideline by the
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines
Network (SIGN, 2002)
(17)
Prise en charge initiale des patients
adultes atteints d'accident vasculaire
cerebral; aspects paramédicaux.
ANAES, 2002
Physical activity and exercise
recommendations for stroke survivors:
an American Heart Association (AHA)
statement, 2004 (20)
Practice guideline by the Stroke
Foundation of New Zealand endorsed
by the New Zealand Guidelines
Group.
This guideline is an adaptation of the
AHA (Stroke Council), ASA, RCP and
SIGN stroke guidelines, with the
evidence updated and expanded
where thought appropriate.
This guideline is a revised version of a
first 1996 first version.
This 2003 version should be reviewed
in 2006.
Practice guideline
This guideline is the part IV of a more
complete guideline on Stroke:
Part I : Assessment, investigation,
immediate management and
secondary prevention
Part II: Management of carotid
stenosis and carotid endarterectomy
Part III: Identification and
management of dysphagia
Part IV: Rehabilitation, prevention and
management of complications, and
discharge planning.
Practice clinical guideline
This reference is the Part IV of a
larger practice guideline on diagnosis
and management of patients with
acute stroke.
Scientific statements and
recommendations developed by the
AHA council on clinical cardiology,
subcommittee on exercise, Cardiac
Rehabilitation, and Prevention; the
Council on Cardiovascular Nursing;
the Council on Nutrition, Physical
Good clinical practice guideline that covers the
following topics among others:
Introduction: stroke in New Zealand
Organisation and evaluation of stroke services
in New Zealand,
Assessment and management of stroke
(including rehabilitation),
Alternative therapies for stroke
Bibliography includes 164 references.
This very good practice guideline has been
developed in the framework of the WHO ICF
model.
Bibliography includes 168 references.
Low quality clinical practice guideline in which most
levels of evidences are not discussed and strength of
recommendations are proposed without referring
to any references.
No references are included in the text to support
recommendations.
Most recommendations specific to rehabilitation are
based on expert consensus only.
No references list is available in the document.
Review of 96 retrieved references.
Search strategy is not described in this reference.
Agree total score: >75/92
Cochrane Va form for SRs
The answers to most questions
included in this form are positive.
Some questions are not relevant for
this guideline. The main
recommendations of this guideline
seem valid, well documented and
applicable in most rehabilitation
facilities at most levels of practice
Agree total score: >75/92
Cochrane Va form for SRs
The answers to most questions
included in this form are positive.
Some questions are not relevant for
this guideline. The main
recommendations of this guideline
seem valid, well documented and
applicable in most rehabilitation
facilities at most levels of practice
Agree total score: 43/92
Cochrane Va form for SRs
Due to the low level of methodology
the recommendations specific to
rehabilitation seem poorly reliable.
Recommendations of this reference
have not been included in Table 2.5
Not relevant