Table 1. Participants’ characteristics.

	Stroke patients	Healthy controls
Number of subject (men/women)	10 (7/3)	10 (4/6)
Age (years), range	18–69	18–70
Shoulder pain, yes/no	2/8	0/10
Hand dominance,left/right	0/10	0/10
Side of hemiplegia,left/right	2/8	NA
Time since stroke(weeks), range	5–39	NA
Lesion location	Cortical*	NA
Type of stroke, ischaemic/hemorhagic	7/3	NA
Fugl-Meyer score** (0–66), range	35–64	NA

^*One patient had an addition lesion in the basal ganglia;

^**Upper extremity motor section; NA: not applicable.