“…By 2013, 6.4 million people died of stroke in the developed countries, with the death toll set to rise to around 12 million by 2030, with 70 million stroke survivors by 2030. The impact of stroke is global upon the patient, resulting in increased depression and neurological disorders (Wolfe, 2000), reduced physical activity (Saunders, Sanderson, Bazzelli, Grieg, & Mead, 2013;Smith, Saunders, & Mead 2012) and cognitive impairments that compromise the performance on the everyday tasks of daily living (Cho, & Lee, 2012;Claesson, Lindén, Skoog, & Blomstrand, 2005;Mayo, Wood-Dauphinee, Cote, Durcan, & Carlton, 2002).…”