Scientific Letter

Words matter: A call for person-first and function-oriented terminology in post-stroke rehabilitation

Michael O. Ogunlana, Olufemi O. Oyewole, Olukunle O. Oyegoke, Thavanesi Gurayah
South African Journal of Physiotherapy | Vol 82, No 1 | a2357 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v82i1.2357 | © 2026 Michael O. Ogunlana, Olufemi O. Oyewole, Olukunle O. Oyegoke, Thavanesi Gurayah | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 02 January 2026 | Published: 14 April 2026

About the author(s)

Michael O. Ogunlana, Department of Physiotherapy, Federal Medical Centre Abeokuta Ogun State, Abeokuta, Nigeria; and Discipline of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Olufemi O. Oyewole, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; and Department of Physiotherapy, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu Ogun State, South Africa
Olukunle O. Oyegoke, Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Durban, South Africa
Thavanesi Gurayah, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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Keywords

stroke; survivors; acute; chronic; function

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