An intensive rehabilitation clinic for upper limb recovery after stroke.

Feasibility of delivering an intensive rehabilitation program. This will be assessed against the following criteria. If all 4 criteria are met, this program will be considered feasible. 1) greater than 50% of eligible participants who express interest in this project go on to consent to participate (determined from recruitment and consent rates in recruitment logs) 2) greater than 80% of participants achieve 18h of therapy a week (determined from exercise logs) 3) greater than 80% of participants complete 5 weeks of the program (determined from attendance logs) and 4) greater than 80% of participants report the program was useful, helpful and acceptable (Likert scales at least =4/5, determined at end of intervention).

We do not have adequate solutions for upper-limb recovery following stroke. Insufficient therapy is delivered during critical periods of recovery, despite stroke being a life-long disability. Upper-limb recovery is possible, with clear evidence that appropriate amounts of practice are important for improvement to occur. The purpose here is to deliver an intense burst of training, comprising 90h of rehabilitation over a 5-week period. We anticipate that people who receive this intense burst of training will achieve improved upper limb function.