Comparing stroke rehabilitation inpatients and clinical trials eligibility criteria: A secondary chart review analysis revealing that most patients could have been excluded from rehabilitation trials based on comorbidity status

Background: The generalizability of treatments examined in rehabilitation randomized controls trials (RCTs) partly depend on the similarity between trial subjects and a stroke rehabilitation inpatient population. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of stroke rehabilitation inpatients that would have been eligible or ineligible to participate in published stroke RCTs. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of chart review data …