Table 1.

Participant demographics at baseline (before the intervention).

Variables			Treatment (n=26)		Standard care (n=25)
Age (years), mean (SD)			59.8 (13.1)		56.7 (11.2)
Male, n (%)			17 (65)		20 (80)
Stroke type, n (%)
	Ischemic	14 (54)		10 (40)
	Hemorrhagic	7 (27)		7 (28)
	Unknown	5 (19)		8 (32)
Handedness, n (%)
	Left	2 (8)		3 (12)
	Right	23 (88)		22 (88)
	Ambidextrous	1 (4)		0 (0)
Left-side hemiparesis, n (%)			13 (50)		11 (44)
Dominant side affected, n (%)			15 (58)		13 (52)
Time since stroke, median (IQR)
	In years	5.3 (1.5-8.1)		4.4 (2.2-7.4)
	In months	63 (18-97)		53 (26-89)
Montreal Cognitive Assessment score, median (IQR)			25 (20-27)		25 (24-27)
Chedoke-McMaster score, median (IQR)			4 (3-5)		4 (3-5)
Fugl-Meyer Assessment for upper-extremity score, median (IQR)			30 (17-52)		38 (22-55)