Educating people with stroke about rehabilitation exercise programs is a recommended practice that physical therapists are positioned to implement. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the provision of education about assessment and treatment preferences for stroke to the People raised an AVC, obstacles to education and resource preferences to facilitate the education of physiotherapists. Design: A cross-sectional survey of physical therapists' treatment and assessment preferences

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... f stroke patients in Faisalabad, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. Methods: A link to the questionnaire was emailed to physical therapists in a provincial stroke network, and also takes data to fill the questionnaire form from physical therapists. Results: 293(50%) were male participants and 299(51%) were female. The age range of participants was <25 to >30 years. 216 (37%) participants were <25 years, 304 (51%) participants were between 25-30 years and 72 (12%) participants were >30 years. 106 (18%) participants were Bachelor's degree, 306 (52%) participants were master degree, 6 (1%) were PHD degree participants and 174 (29%) participants were DPT degree participants. 127 (22%) participants were Faisalabad region, 191 (32%) participants were Lahore region, 131 (22%) participants were Islamabad region and 143 (24%) participants were Peshawar region. 405 (68%) participants were from private sector and 187 (32%) participants were from Govt. sector. 505 (85%) participants were 0 to 5 years' practice and 87 (15%) were 6 to 10 years of practice. Limitations: Limitations of this research were short time duration due to short time duration we were unable to conduct study on larger scale and the sample was selected on the basis of the time available. This results in small sample size and that small sample was not r [...]