Introduction

Welcome to the 21st Edition of the EBRSR (2024). The EBRSR was initiated in 2001 with funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. The first edition was published in 2002. The EBRSR includes in-depth reviews of 5,000 randomized controlled trials. Parts of the EBRSR have been translated into a number of languages.

We extend sincere gratitude to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the St. Joseph’s Health Care (London) Foundation, the Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario (AMOSO) (Innovation Fund Project #INN25-014), and the CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform. The CanStroke Platform acknowledges financial support of the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF), an innovative arrangement between the Government of Canada (through Health Canada) and Brain Canada Foundation, the Governors of the University of Calgary, Heart & Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery and Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto.

Many readers have e-mailed us with their comments and we encourage you do so as well. We also encourage you to e-mail us if you have any concerns regarding our analyses. This helps us to ensure our data and conclusions are the best possible.

Robert Teasell MD FRCPC