Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion cr iteria	Exclusion criteria
Age 25–75 years	Deteriorating medical condition
Diagnosed with unilateral stroke by CT or MRI between 2 weeks and 1 year following stroke onset	A history of epilepsy or serious heart, lung, liver or kidney function failure
Ability to follow the instructions (MMSE ≥25)	Other problems that hinder study implementation
Muscle tension (mAS ≤2)
Ability to identify hand-laterality

mAS, modified Ashworth Scale; MMSE, mini-mental state examination.