Table 1.

Demographic data of participants in the present study.

	LHS patients			RHS patients			Healthy controls
	2 weeks	3 months	12 months	2 weeks	3 months	12 months	Visit 1	Visit 2
Number of participants	68	54	46	55	40	35	30	29
Age in years	54.0 ± 11.7	54.5 ± 11.1	54.9 ± 10.7	52.2 ± 9.1	53.3 ± 8.6	53.5 ± 7.6	55.0 ± 11.9	54.8 ± 12.0
Gender (M/F)	38/30	30/24	28/18	29/26	22/18	19/16	14/16	15/14
Education in years	13.4 ± 2.7	13.3 ± 2.6	13.8 ± 2.8	13.1 ± 2.3	13.0 ± 2.2	13.1 ± 2.2	13.6 ± 2.6	13.4 ± 2.3
Handedness (R/L)	65/3	52/2	45/1	47/8	33/7	29/6	28/2	27/2
Days post stroke	12.8 ± 3.9	113.8 ± 20.9	395.3 ± 66.1	14.0 ± 5.5	110.6 ± 15.6	384.9 ± 22.1	–	–
Lesion size (cm3)	25.3 ± 32.3	27.8 ± 44.9	22.5 ± 28.7	38.3 ± 47.8	36.2 ± 42.8	33.6 ± 43.2	–	–

The interval between the two visits of healthy controls was 97 ± 18 days.