Table 1.

Characteristics of therapist participants (n=29) and patient characteristics (n=55) in each of the three groups

Therapist characteristic	Groups
	A (n=8)	B (n=13)	C (n=8)
Discipline, occupational therapy, number (%)	8 (100)	11 (85)	6 (75)
Female, number (%)	8 (100)	11 (85)	6 (75)
Days on study, number (SD)	87 (0)	78 (18)	75 (24)
Neurological experience (years) number (%)
<2	1 (13)	8 (62)	4 (50)
2–5	3 (38)	2 (15)	2 (25)
5–10	2 (25)	3 (23)	1 (13)
10+	2 (25)	0 (0)	1 (13)

Patient characteristics	A (n=20)	B (n=17)	C (n=18)
Age (year) mean (SD)	43 (15)	60 (22)	66 (13)
Female, number (%)	7 (35)	6 (35)	6 (33)
Side of hemiplegia, number right side (%)	13 (65)	8 (47)	9 (50)
Days on study, number (SD)	75 (28)	51 (34)	43 (26)
Time between injury date and study recruitment date, months (SD)
Inpatient rehabilitation	5.9 (4)	1.3 (0.77)	1.2 (1.8)
Outpatient rehabilitation	18.6 (7.9)	41.5 (48.9)	7.0 (4.0)
Injury type, number (%)
Stroke	11 (55)	13 (76)	18 (100)
Brain injury	9 (45)	4 (24)	0 (0)