Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Patient	Age (years)	Sex	Site of lesion	Time since stroke (months)	Initial severity	Grip strength (%)*	NHPT (%)*	Past medical history
1	62	M	R striatocapsular	5	0	24.9	0	Hhypertension
2	46	M	R internal capsule	8	0	87.3	100.5	Nil
3	69	M	L striatocapsular	9	4	61.5	69.7	Hypertension
4	44	M	R striatocapsular	8	0	43.6	5.1	Nil
5	33	M	L pons	46	0	68.7	48.9	Nil
6	51	M	L corona radiata	6	4	85.7	89.6	Hypertension
7	58	M	R internal capsule	7	0	93.3	94.5	Hypertension
8	22	M	L pons	4	0	86.6	85.8	Nil
9	48	M	R striatocapsular	116	0	92.6	60.8	Nil

L, left; M, male; R, right. Initial severity represents strength of finger extension (Medical Research Council scale) at time of stroke as recorded in the medical notes. NHPT, nine-hole peg test.

^*Values measured at the time of study.