Table 2.

Neuropsychological tests scores at three months for the healthy control and stroke subgroups

	HC (n = 17)	Stroke (n = 11)	P
General cognitive function
MMSE	30 [30–28]	28 [29–26]	<0.01
Attentional abilities
MoCA subtest (/11)	11 [11–10.5]	11 [11–10]	0.105
Digit span forward (WAIS‐III)	4.9 ± 1.1	5.0 ± 1.5	0.91
Right line cancellation test (/18)	18 [18–18]	18 [18–18]	0.430
Left line cancellation test (/18)	18 [18–18]	18 [18–17]	0.430
Executive abilities
Digit span backwards (WAIS‐III)	3.0 [4–3]	4.0 [4–3]	0.92
Letter (P)	11.4 ± 2.9	9.3 ± 4.6	0.15
Semantic (Animals)	18 [18.5–13]	13 [17–12]	0.28
Premotor abilities
Luria' sequences (/5)	5 [5–5]	5 [5–0]	0.07
Rhythms subtest (/10)	9 [10–8]	8 [8–7]	0.04
Interference and inhibitory control (/3)	3 [3–2]	3 [2–1]	0.27
Language
Boston naming test (/15)	11.1 ± 2.1	10.8 ± 2.6	0.79
Psychomotor speed (s)
Trail making test A	56.2 ± 23.6	80.6 ± 29.8	0.02
Grooved pegboard test (preferred hand)	73.7 ± 10.7	85.1 ± 22.9	0.15

Values are means ± standard deviations in Student's t‐test or medians (percentile 25–75) in Mann–Whitney test for continuous variables.

Bold values statistically significant at P < 0.05.