Table 1.

Demographic information for the participants in the two groups

	Subject	Age (years)	Gender	MMSE (30 max)	Side affected or hand dominant side	Stroke duration (month)	Baseline FM (66 max)
Stroke group	S1	79	M	29	R	143	55
	S2	46	M	28	L	42	58
	S3	55	M	28	R	72	53
	S4	58	M	27	R	69	45
	S5	72	M	26	L	105	52
	S6	81	M	30	L	130	40
	S7	57	M	26	L	70	63
	S8	55	F	30	L	19	45
	S9	67	F	29	R	109	40
	S10	45	M	30	R	12	30
	S11	59	M	29	R	24	53
	S12	71	M	28	R	13	65
	S13	71	M	30	L	118	41
	S14	57	M	30	R	22	51
	S15	73	M	29	L	105	55
	S16	65	M	30	L	100	33
	mean ± SE	63.2 ± 2.7	14 M/2 F	28.7 ± 0.4	8R/8 L	72 ± 11	48.7 ± 2.5
Control group	S1	47	M	30	R
	S2	53	M	27	R
	S3	44	M	29	R
	S4	69	M	29	R
	S5	49	F	30	R
	S6	53	M	28	R
	S7	62	F	30	R
	S8	55	F	30	R
	S9	70	F	29	R
	S10	63	F	30	R
	mean ± SE	56.6 ± 2.9	5 M/5 F	29.2 ± 0.3	10R

MMSE Mini-mental state examination scores, FM upper extremity score of Fugl-Meyer motor test, SE Standard error