Table 3 Clinical scores of patients at different time points and within subject regression coefficient.

	n	W1	W4	W12	Regression coefficient
NIHSS	12	11.00 (5.75, 14.75)	7.00 (2.25, 9.00)	2.50 (0.00, 6.50)	−0.64 (−0. 79, −0.31)**
FM scale	12	21.00 (11.50, 61.50)	54.00 (36.25, 88.50)	77.00 (53.25, 97.75)	3.66 (2.61, 4.34)**
BI	12	40.00 (25.00, 82.50)	57.50 (46.25, 100.00)	95.00 (61.25, 100.00)	3. 09 (1.61, 4.08)**

BI, Barthel Index; FM scale, Fugl–Meyer scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; W1, within the first week; W4, end of the fourth week; W12, end of the 12th week.

**Wilcoxon's signed rank test, p<0.01.

Values are median (Q_L–Q_U).