Appendix 1. MEDLINE search strategy

We will use the following search strategy, using a combination of controlled vocabulary (MeSH) and free text terms, for MEDLINE and will modify it to suit other databases.

1. cerebrovascular disorders/ or exp basal ganglia cerebrovascular disease/ or exp brain ischemia/ or exp carotid artery diseases/ or cerebrovascular accident/ or exp brain infarction/ or exp cerebrovascular trauma/ or exp hypoxia‐ischemia, brain/ or exp intracranial arterial diseases/ or intracranial arteriovenous malformations/ or exp "Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis"/ or exp intracranial hemorrhages/ or vasospasm, intracranial/ or vertebral artery dissection/
2. (stroke or poststroke or post‐stroke or cerebrovasc$ or brain vasc$ or cerebral vasc$ or cva$ or apoplex$ or SAH).tw.
3. ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracran$ or intracerebral) adj5 (isch?emi$ or infarct$ or thrombo$ or emboli$ or occlus$)).tw.
4. ((brain$ or cerebr$ or cerebell$ or intracerebral or intracranial or subarachnoid) adj5 (haemorrhage$ or hemorrhage$ or haematoma$ or hematoma$ or bleed$)).tw.
5. hemiplegia/ or exp paresis/
6. (hemipleg$ or hemipar$ or paresis or paretic).tw.
7. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6
8. exp Upper Extremity/
9. (upper adj3 (limb$ or extremity)).tw.
10. (arm or shoulder or elbow or forearm or hand or wrist or finger or fingers).tw.
11. 8 or 9 or 10
12. 7 and 11
13. community health services/ or community health nursing/ or community networks/ or home care services/ or home care services, hospital‐based/ or home nursing/
14. homebound persons/ or home health aides/ or home care agencies/ or house calls/ or primary health care/ or aftercare/
15. residential facilities/ or assisted living facilities/ or group homes/ or halfway houses/ or homes for the aged/ or exp nursing homes/
16. housing for the elderly/ or long‐term care/ or institutionalization/
17. (home$ or house$ or domicile or domiciliary or community or institution$ or outreach or sheltered accomm$).tw.
18. ((resident$ or long‐term) adj5 (care or facilit$)).tw.
19. or/13‐18
20. 12 and 19