Dr. Emma Stokes is an associate professor at the Department of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin. She works as a teacher and researcher in Trinity College Dublin. Her research interests include the design and evaluation of novel exercise programme for people with stroke as well as professional practice issues including the use of evidence and outcome evaluation in physiotherapy practice. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone published her recent book 'Rehabilitation Outcome Measures'. She has represented the profession nationally and internationally for 12 years and in June 2011, she was elected as Vice-President of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy.