From the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
All correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611-2654.
Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research through a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes and Effectiveness (grant no. H133B040032). No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author or upon any organization with which the author is associated.
Editor’s Note: Additional information is available in the AAP Presidential Address published in the October 2007 issue. This Executive Summary is being published simultaneously by several medical journals, including the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Assistive Technology, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, OT JR: Occupation, Participation and Health, Physical Therapy, and Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation.
