Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of two groups (n = 30).

Variable		Control group (n = 15)	Qigong group (n = 15)	p-value
Age (year)		54.02 ± 38.41	52.85 ± 32.85	0.88
Length of disease (day)		57.57 ± 60.34	52.57 ± 56.12	0.77
Gender	Male	10	11	0.28
	Female	5	4	0.91
Lesions nature	Cerebral infarction	11	10	0.83
	Encephalorrhagia	4	5	0.72
Brunnstrom stage	IV	4	7	0.58
	V	11	9	0.58
Postural tone	High	4	3	0.99
	Low	11	12