Table 1.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Stroke resulting in hemiparesis at least six months prior (chronic)  • Do not a present lesion in the two hemispheres  • Clinical diagnosis of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke  • ≥ 35 and ≤ 80 years old  • Participants must present a minimum active movement of 45° of shoulder flexion or abduction, 20° of elbow extension, 10° of wrist extension, 10° of abduction or extension of the thumb, and 10° extension in at least two fingers (metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints) and thumb  • Participants must present the ability to pick up a towel using any grip [28]  • Participants must present asymmetric of upper extremity, ≤ 2.5 in the Motor Activity Log (MAL) Quantity Scale [10]  • Participants must have the ability to remain seated without trunk and arm support for 1 min [29]

Exclusion criteria

• Upper limb movement deficits attributable to no stroke pathology

• Clear signs of dementia or cognitive disorder, indicated in the Mini- Mental State Examination (scores based in years of education, below 13 for illiterate individuals, 18 for individuals with 1 to 7 years of the primary school and 26 for individuals over eight years after primary school) [30, 31]  • Individuals with lesion in cerebellar

• The individuals are smokers, alcohol, or users of illicit drugs at the time of evaluation  • Individuals with structural alterations in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems that will contraindicate the aerobic exercise  • Individuals with uncorrected auditory and visual deficits  • Individuals who present any electrocardiogram alteration or not the cardiorespiratory stress test  • Individuals with historical diseases or osteomioarticular alterations  • Individuals with body mass index > 28  • Individuals with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or hypertension, comprehension aphasia, apraxia