This focused review on the topic of stroke is divided into 7 sections:

• Definitions and Risk Factors (15 minutes)
• Brain stem stroke syndromes (13 minutes)
• Acute treatment (15 minutes)
• Rehabilitation (12 minutes)
• Emerging technologies (10 minutes)
• Stroke side effects (15 minutes)
• Stroke side effects, part 2 (12 minutes)

Learning Objectives
After completing this enduring material, the participant should be able to:

• Understand stroke risk factors, both modifiable and non-modifiable
• Identify the clinical characteristics of the most commonly encountered strokes including those involving cerebral arteries as well as cerebellar strokes and brainstem stroke syndromes
• Describe an appropriate stroke etiologic work-up for a patient who has been admitted to your inpatient rehabilitation unit in order to be sure that is has been completed sufficiently
• Recognize the major theories of rehabilitation (including motor) recovery post-stroke
• Identify emerging technologies and approaches used in stroke rehabilitation
• Determine the cause of shoulder pain in your stroke patient in your outpatient clinic post-acute care
• Design a dysphagia evaluation and management program for your local hospital to improve quality of life and decrease aspiration pneumonia rates and readmission rates at your affiliated hospital
• Determine the types of aphasia your patients have on your stroke unit
• Facilitate the return to work for your stroke outpatient with cognitive impairment/dysfunction

Accreditation Statement

AAPM&R is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Designation

AAPM&R designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty and their Disclosures
All faculty, planners and reviewers participating in continuing medical education programs must disclose to the learner any financial interests with any commercial supporter or other relationships with manufacturer(s) or providers of any product or service related to content of their presentation.

Principal Faculty:
Ira Rashbaum, MD
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Peer Review:
Patricia Tan, MD
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Kristin Wong, MD
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

AAPM&R Medical Education Committee:
Steve R. Flanagan, MD, Chair
Royalties from Springer Publishing; research grant from Brain Injury of America

John C. Cianca, MD, Vice Chair
Independent contractor, Houston Marathon Committee; owner, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Consultants, LLC; consultant, 2nd MD; royalties from Demos Medical Publishing

Karen P. Barr, MD
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Anna-Christina Bevelaqua, MD
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Rachel A. Brakke Holman, MD
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Joseph E. Burris, MD
Serves on the Speakers Bureau for, and received clinical research grants from Allergan.

Kevin N. Hakimi, MD
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Rita G. Hamilton, DO
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Charles D. Kenyon, DO (PHiT Liaison)
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

R. Sam Mayer, MD
Royalties from Demos Medical Publishing.

Atul T. Patel, MD, MHSA
Speakers Bureau for Allergan, Ipsen, Merz; participates in clinical trials for Ipsen, Merz, and Revance; Guideline and AUC Committee for the AAOS, nonremunerative position of influence.

Sunil Sabharwal, MD
Royalities from Demos Publishing; board member, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

G. Sunny Sharma, MD (PHiT Liaison)
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Rebecca DeVivo, MPH, MSW, CHCP
Staff Liaison
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Brian S. Thompson, MBA, FACEHP
Staff Liaison
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

No other planners, faculty or other individuals in control of content disclosed any relevant financial relationships.