Table 1.

Demographics of included participants

Study	Number of participants (EXP/CON)	Mean age (EXP/CON)	Gender (F/M)	Duration since stroke (EXP/CON)	Side of stroke L/R (EXP/CON)	Type of stroke ischaemic/haemorrhage (EXP/CON)
Aidar 2007	31 (16/15)	51 (50/52) years	9/19	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Chan 2010	25 (not stated)	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Chu 2004	13 (7/6)	63 (62/63) years	1/11	3/4 years	7/5 (4/3 / 3/2)	8/4 (3/4 / 5/0)
Noh 2008	25 (13/12)	64 (62/66) years	14/11	2.8/1.6 years	12/13 (7/6 / 5/7)	13/12 (6/7 / 7/5)