Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the studied patients
| Age, years | 58 | 77 | 62 | 63 | 74 | 67 | 73 |
| Sex | female | female | male | female | male | female | male |
| Diagnosis | TH | TH | TH | TH | TH | TH | TH |
| Handedness | right | right | right | right | right | right | right |
| Affected side | right | left | right | left | right | right | left |
| MMSE score | 29 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 29 |
| Time after onset of stroke, months | 96 | 146 | 30 | 78 | 43 | 60 | 13 |
| Brunnstrom stage (hand-fingers/upper limb) | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| Upper-limb sensation (SIAS light touch/position) | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 |
| Dysarthria | + | − | − | − | − | + | − |
TH, thalamic hemorrhage; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; SIAS, Stroke Impairment Assessment Set. (+) indicates that a deficit is present and (−) indicates the absence of a deficit.