
Client: Neurological Foundation of New Zealand
Objective: Interviewing Associate Professor Cathy Stinear and writing article about recovery after stroke.
Excerpt
Recovery after stroke: Virtuous circle or vicious circle – what’s it to be?
Associate Professor Cathy Stinear’s HARTS study is targeting answers to two compelling questions about stroke recovery: What happens to people longer term after stroke?
And what’s the impairment threshold that decides whether newly discharged stroke patients will experience a virtuous circle of improvement or a vicious circle of deterioration?