Table 1.

Demographic, neurological, and functional characteristics of the COT and VRT groups at baseline

Variables	COT group (n = 15)	VRT group (n = 15)	p
Age (years), mean (SD)	58.33 ± 11.22	50.80 ± 12.32	0.093
Sex (female/male), n (%)	11/4 (73/27)	9/6 (60/40)	0.439
Years of education (years), mean (SD)	10.40 ± 6.092	11.20 ± 3.509	0.863
Body mass index, mean (SD)	24.46 ± 3.15	24.42 ± 4.04	0.971
Time since stroke (months), mean (SD)	17.91 ± 21.25	36.20 ± 42.38	0.071
Affected extremity, n (%)
Right/Left	5/10 (34/66)	6/9 (40/60)	0.705
Dominant/Non-dominant	5/10 (34/66)	8/7 (53/47)	0.269
Subtype of stroke, n (%)
Infarction (TOAST 1/2/3/4/5)/	7/0/3/2/0/3	4/2/2/2/0/5	0.475
Hemorrhage	(46/0/20/13/0/20)	(26/13/13/13/0/33)
Mini-Mental State Examination	27.93 ± 1.907	26.53 ± 0.354	0.422

COT Conventional occupational therapy, VRT Virtual reality training; TOAST classification: 1: large-artery atherosclerosis; 2: cardioembolism; 3: small-vessel occlusion; 4: stroke of other determined etiology; 5: stroke of undetermined etiology