Table 2.

Participant demographics

Group (n)	Stroke (14)	Healthy controls (17)	All healthy (85)
Age (years)	74.5 (61.3–83.3)	76.00 (74.5–81.5)	49.00 (29.0–70.0)
Sex
Male	9	10	42
Female	5	7	43
Barthel	4.0 *(0.0–10.8)	20.0 (20.0–20.0)	20.00 (20.0–20.0)
Stroke type	R MCA infarct (5) L MCA infarct (3) L PICA infarct (1) L pontine infarct (1) R thalamic haemorrhage (1) R parietal haemorrhage (1) Multiple posterior circulatory infarcts (1) Multiple scattered lacunar infarcts (1)	n/a	n/a
Days from stroke to session 1	16.5 (7.0–1.3)	n/a	n/a
PAS on FEES	7.5 (5.3–8.0)	n/a	n/a
FOIS	4.0* (1.0–5.0)	7.0 (7.0–7.0)	7.00 (7.0–7.0)
Days between sessions	3.00 (1.0–4.0)	5.00 (1.5–7.0)	6.0 (4.0–7.0)

PAS penetration aspiration scale, FOIS functional oral intake

Medians and interquartile ranges are shown. Significant differences between the stroke group and both healthy groups are indicated by * (p ≤ 0.001) on Mann–Whitney U Test for independent samples