Table 2.

Characteristics of participants and the 3 subgroups.

Group	Participants (n=29), n	Hand function	Age (years), mean (SD)	Years after stroke, mean (SD)	Hemiplegic side, n (%)		ARATa score, mean (SD)
					Left	Right
All	29 (100)	—b	59.10 (13.62)	3.14 (2.31)	17 (59)c	12 (41)c	26.63 (21.51)
1	10 (34)	Poor	64.70 (8.83)	2.10 (1.45)	5 (50)d	5 (50)d	2.00 (3.74)
2	17 (59)	Moderate	53.76 (13.89)	3.88 (2.57)	11 (65)e	6 (35)e	34.65 (16.09)
3	2 (7)	Good	76.50 (0.707)	2.00 (1.42)	1 (50)f	1 (50)f	57.00 (0.00)

^aARAT: Action Research Arm Test.

^bNot applicable.

^cn=29.

^dn=10.

^en=17.

^fn=2.