Table 1.

Demographic and assessment scores. Fourteen chronic stroke subjects participated in this study.

						ARAT (max. score: 57)			FMA (max. score: 66)
Subjects	Age range	Gender	Lesion Locations	Stroke Onset Time (years)	Stroke Type	Pre	Post	Post 6month	Pre	Post	Post 6month
1#	45–49	M	R MFG, SFG, precentral supramarginal, SMA	1	I	3	21	19	19	34	28
2	65–69	M	L insula, putamen, IFG, temporal pole	8	H	10	21	15	22	27	32
3	65–69	M	R insula, ITG, IOG, putamen	1	H	8	15	26	13	16	27
4	60–64	M	R insula, putamen, IFG, rolandic operculum	3	I	4	6	8	16	14	18
5	45–49	M	R ITG, MTG, STG, MOG, angular, supramarginal	0.7	H	16	17	17	17	25	25
6	60–64	M	L PLIC, putamen, insula,postcentral,SFG	11	I	15	14	11	22	24	24
7	55–59	M	R insula, IFG, rolandic operculum	6	I	12	21	20	13	23	20
8	40–44	M	R insula, rolandic operculum, IFG, STG, putamen, temporal pole	5	H	9	14	10	15	17	16
9#	50–54	F	L insula, rolandic operculum, putamen	3	H	19	23	22	34	34	37
10	40–44	M	R insula, MTG, STG, temporal pole, putamen, rolandic operculum	3	H	11	14	13	17	20	20
11#	55–59	M	L insula, IFG, putamen	5	H	10	12	8	28	33	24
12#	50–54	M	L putamen, caudate nucleus	1	I	15	13	16	24	22	22
13	55–59	M	R putamen,temporal pole, IFG, insula, rolandic operculum	7	I	14	19	17	20	25	21
14	45–49	M	R insula, putamen	1	H	12	33	18	34	37	35
					Mean ± Std	11.3 ± 4.3	17.3 ± 6.2*	15.7 ± 5.1	21.0 ± 6.7	25.1 ± 7.0*	25.0 ± 6.1*

^#Subjects that did not have Post6month MRI scan.

^*Significant increase compared with the Pre (p < 0.05).

ARAT, Action Research Arm Test; F, female; FMA, Fugel-Meyer Assessment for upper limb; H, hemorrhage stroke; I, ischemic stroke; IFG, Inferior frontal gyrus; IOG, Inferior occipital gyrus; ITG, Inferior temporal gyrus; L, left; M, male; MFG, Middle frontal gyrus; MOG, Middle occipital gyrus; MTG, Middle temporal gyrus; PLIC, Posterior limb of the internal capsule; R, right; SFG, superior frontal gyrus; SMA, Supplementary motor area; STG, Superior temporal gyrus.