Table 3. Baseline clinical scores in stroke subjects segregated to groups 1 and 2.

MRC: Medical Research Council grade for power; FMA: Fugl-Meyer assessment; mBI: modified Barthel Index; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; mRS: modified Rankin score; ARAT: Action Research Arm Test

Clinical scores	Group 1	Group 2	P-value
MRC (/5)	2.1+0.03	2.5+1.3	0.54
FMA (/66)	29.1+8.9	26.1+6.9	0.32
mBI (/100)	47.3+12.5	51.6+11.6	0.66
Brunnstrom stage of hand recovery (/6)	2.6+0.6	3+0.8	0.43
Median NIHSS at stroke onset	17+4.1	14+3.3	0.56
mRS at 3 months of the index event	3+0.9	3+0.5	0.32
ARAT (/57)	41.3+9.9	43.3+10.5	0.39