Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Patient	Age at assessment (years)	Gender	Affected hemisphere	Lesion size (cc3)	Lesion location	NIHSS subacute	Grip strength subacute affected side (bar)	NHPT subacute affected side (pegs/sec)
1	72	F	L	0.34	sc, internal capsule, putamen	1	*	0.33
2	72	M	R	60.63	c/sc arteria media region	4	0.36	0
3	70	M	R	0.27	sc, internal capsule	1	0.56	0.14
4	61	M	R	1.23	sc, frontal	1	0.76	0.34
5	53	M	R	0.08	sc, putamen	2	0.76	0.37
6	70	F	R	0.32	c, M1 and PMC	1	0.64	0.36
7	76	M	R	1.31	sc, internal capsule	2	0.51	0.28
8	60	F	R	0.06	sc, frontal	0	0.79	0.42
9	70	F	R	0.23	sc, frontal	1	0.53	0.44
10	78	F	L	0.20	sc, internal capsule	0	0.57	0.39
11	72	F	L	0.21	sc, pyramidal tract	2	0.50	0.35
12	62	M	R	0.16	sc, frontal	3	0.54	0.39
13	60	M	L	30.30	c, temporal pole	1	0.89	0.39
14	51	M	L	0.53	sc, parietal	2	0.55	0.41
15	76	M	L	0.38	sc, pyramidal tract	2	0.96	0.45
16	64	F	R	0.01	sc, frontal	2	0.44	0.49
17	74	M	L	1.18	sc, pyramidal tract	1	0.73	0.38
18	64	F	L	0.56	sc, int. capsule	3	0.58	0.26
19	49	M	L	0.47	sc, int. capsule, putamen	2	0.42	0.19
Mean	69.67	8 F/11 M	9 L/10 R	5.18		1.63	0.62	0.34

Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; L, left; R, right; NIHSS subacute measured during the first 5 days; c, cortical; sc, subcortical; int. capsule: internal capsule. *Measurement not possible because of initial injury.