Saywell, NVandal, ACBrown, PHanger, HCHale, LMudge, SMilosavljevic, SFeigin, VTaylor, D2014-12-082014-12-0820122012Trials 2012, 13:233. DOI:10.1186/1745-6215-13-2331745-6215https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8208In New Zealand, around 45,000 people live with stroke and many studies have reported that benefits gained during initial rehabilitation are not sustained. Evidence indicates that participation in physical interventions can prevent the functional decline that frequently occurs after discharge from acute care facilities. However, on-going stroke services provision following discharge from acute care is often related to non-medical factors such as availability of resources and geographical location. Currently most people receive no treatment beyond three months post stroke. The study aims to determine if the Augmented Community Telerehabilitation Intervention (ACTIV) results in better physical function for people with stroke than usual care, as measured by the Stroke Impact Scale, physical subcomponent.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Clinical protocolsCost-benefit analysisDisability evaluationHealth care costsHumansNew ZealandPatient preferencePhysical therapy modalitiesQuality of lifeQuestionnairesRecovery of functionResearch designStrokeTelemedicineTime factorsTreatment outcomeJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1186/1745-6215-13-233