Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of patients.

Characteristics	Patients (n = 21)
Age, y	57.38 (12.71)
Sex
Male/female	13/8
NIHSS score	8.47 (5.57)
Stroke type
Infarction/hemorrhage	7/14
Lesion side
Left/right	12/9
Lesion site
Putamen	21
Caudate nucleus/globus pallidus/thalamus	8/10/3
Periventricular white matter	7
Insula	2
External capsule/lateral ventricle	2/1
Frontal/temporal/parietal lobe white matter	2/2/1

Data are presented as n or mean (standard deviation). NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.