In stroke survivors, does counting and recording practice repetitions result in increased practice?

INTERVENTION: Participants in Group A (intervention group) ‐ At a private rehabilitation clinic in Sydney, during five face to face physiotherapy rehabilitation sessions, the participants in the intervention group will have all repetitions done in five minutes of a target exercise counted and recorded on a practice sheet that is visible to the participant. This will be done by the treating physiotherapist who will be an experienced rehabilitation physiotherapist. The therapist will count out loud the repetitions that are being done and keep an ongoing tally. Before each new session, the therapist will show the number of repetitions completed in the previous session and set a goal that is 25% higher (for example, last session: 20 repetitions, goal for this session: at least 25 repetitions). Adherence will be monitored by examining the practice records and watching the video recording of the session. CONDITION: Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation ‐ Other physical medicine / rehabilitation Stroke ‐ Haemorrhagic Stroke ‐ Ischaemic Stroke; ; Stroke PRIMARY OUTCOME: Intensity of practice measured as exercise repetitions per minute. This will be counted across a 5 minute period and the average repetitions per minute will be calculated. The counting will be done while watching a video recording of the target exercise being performed. A pre‐determined definition of what constitutes one repetition will be used. This will be based on the definitions compiled by Scrivener et al (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22878434/) "For example one stand up was recorded; as one exercise repetition, one step was recorded as a repetition and one; active ankle dorsiflexion in strength training. When the participant was; attempting to maintain a position (e.g. remain sitting/standing upright); each effortful attempt was recorded as a repetition."[Session one and session 5 ] SECONDARY OUTCOME: There is no secondary outcome[N/A] INCLUSION CRITERIA: • Above 18 years of age • Clinical diagnosis of stroke (ischaemic or haemorrhagic) • Attending Advance Rehab Centre (ARC) in Sydney, Australia • Planned to attend at least another 8 sessions of rehabilitation • Patient can complete a minimum of 5 minutes of a rehabilitation exercise without assistance from people or devices • Patient has appropriate cognition and English language ability to give consent and understand instructions