Table 3.

Baseline characteristics

	Intervention	Control
Sex, n (%)	n=30	n=29
Male	20 (67%)	21 (72%)
Female	10 (33%)	8 (28%)
Age years	n=30	n=29
Median [IQR]	70 [65, 78]	62 [58, 77]
Mean (SD)	71 (10)	66 (13)
Pre-stroke mRS, n (%)	n=30	n=29
0	29 (97%)	28 (97%)
1	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
2	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
3	1 (3%)	1 (3%)
4	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
5	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Pre-stroke walking status, n (%)	n=30	n=29
Stick	5 (17%)	4 (14%)
Without stick	25 (83%)	25 (86%)
Stroke type, n (%)	n=30	n=29
Ischaemic	28 (93%)	26 (90%)
Intracerebral haemorrhage	2 (7%)	3 (10%)
Subarachnoid haemorrhage	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Stroke sub-type, n (%)	n=27	n=28
TACS	6 (22%)	4 (14%)
PACS	7 (26%)	6 (21%)
LACS	9 (33%)	13 (46%)
POCS	3 (11%)	3 (11%)
Unable to verify	2 (7%)	2 (7%)
First ever stroke, n (%)	n=30	n=29
No	5 (17%)	4 (14%)
Yes	25 (83%)	25 (86%)
Residual deficit due to previous stroke, n (%)	n=5	n=4
No	3 (60%)	3 (75%)
Yes	2 (40%)	1 (25%)
Side of body affected by stroke, n (%)	n=30	n=29
Right	16 (53%)	11 (38%)
Left	13 (43%)	18 (62%)
Both	1 (3%)	0 (0%)
Time from stroke to randomisation (days)	n=29	n=29
Median [IQR]	273 [219, 390]	229 [155, 307]
Mean (SD)	312 (159)	254 (131)
Baseline stroke severity (National Institute for Health Stroke Scale) (scored 0 to 42)	n=30	n=29
Median [IQR]	3 [2, 4]	4 [3, 6]
Mean (SD)	3 (3)	5 (2)
Baseline mRS n (%)	n=30	n=29
0	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
1	5 (17%)	4 (14%)
2	5 (17%)	6 (21%)
3	20 (67%)	19 (66%)
4	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
5	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Baseline cognition (MOCA) (scored 0 to 30)	n=30	n=29
Median [IQR]	25 [22, 28]	24 [22, 27]
Mean (SD)	24 (5)	24 (4)
Baseline depression (PHQ-9) (scored 0 to 27)	n=25	n=27
Median [IQR]	6 [2, 10]	6 [3, 9]
Mean (SD)	6 (5)	6 (5)
Baseline fatigue (Fatigue Assessment Scale) (scored 10 to 50)	n=23	n=26
Median [IQR]	21 [18, 26]	22 [18, 26]
Mean (SD)	23 (7)	23 (7)