Geriatric neurorehabilitation in the new millenium.

Rehabilitation interventions have changed little in the last few decades, aside from improvements in materials and medical care. Most neurorehabilitation research involves geriatric patients since most disabling neurologic disease occurs in older populations. Proving rehabilitation intervention efficacy is difficult for methodological reasons. New technologies and neuroscience advances allow us to foresee development of evidence-based neurorehabilitation interventions improving functional outcomes. The need for such interventions will increase as the population ages. Developing patient-specific rehabilitation programs using selected tools at selected times during recovery now seems within reach.