Table 1.  Participant characteristics and results for evaluated parameters at the first measurement, n=19.

Item	Average (SD) or number of participants
Age	59.3 (±14.0) years
Sex	Men 12 ∙ Women 7
Paralyzed side	Right 12 ∙ Left 7
Stroke type	Hemorrhagic 13 ∙ Infarction 6
Brunnstrom stage	III 12 ∙ IV 7
Raven’s Colored Progressive Matrices	30.6 (±3.6) (Perfect score 36)
FIM	93.9 (±18.3) (Perfect score 126)
BBS	42.5 (±7.8) (Perfect score 76)
SIAS	40.7 (±14.9) (Perfect score 56)
Stroke onset to delivery of AFO	55.8 (±17.4) days

FIM, Functional Independence Measure; BBS, Berg Balance Scale; SIAS, Stroke Impairment Assessment Set.