Table 1. Characteristics of the study participants.

	Experimental group (n=12)	Control group (n=13)
Gender
Male	8 (66.7)a	11 (84.6)
Female	4 (33.3)	2 (15.4)
Age (yrs)	55.3±9.2b	60.1±12.3
Height (cm)	166.0±7.8	166.8±10.0
Weight (kg)	66.2±7.8	65.7±8.8
Stroke type
Infarction	7 (58.3)	3 (23.1)
Hemorrhage	5 (41.7)	10 (76.9)
Paretic side
Left	7 (58.3)	5 (38.5)
Right	5 (41.7)	8 (61.5)
Duration (month)	19.1±8.2	22.0±9.9
MMSE-Kc	26.2±2.0	25.8±1.6

^a n (%); ^b Mean±SD; ^c MMSE-K: Mini-Mental State Examination-Korea