Table 2. Patient and healthy control characteristics:

age (years), time since stroke (days), gender, handedness, paretic side, initial FMS (Fugl-Meyer upper limb score, maximum 66), ARAT and initial MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, maximum 30).

Early group Patients	age (years)	Time since stroke (days)	gender	handedness	stroke hemisphe re	FM-UE	ARAT	MoCa	GDS
1	64	20	F	R	R	61	54	22	0
2	34	29	M	Ambi	R	59	55	23	5
3	65	8	F	R	L	53	39	22	2
4	66	17	F	R	R	55	57	23	0
5	70	15	F	R	R	56	45	20	1
6	70	12	M	R	R	59	45	20	6
7	24	30	F	R	R	64	57	27	0
8	58	57	M	R	L	34	36	25	0
9	41	17	F	R	L	53	34	20	0
10	28	57	M	R	L	62	57	28	4
11	37	19	F	R	L	58	56	26	2
12	53	47	M	R	R	57	56	24	n.d.
13	85	12	F	R	R	43	37	22	0
14	75	43	F	R	R	21	9	27	3
15	61	47	F	R	R	63	57	30	0
16	65	6	M	R	L	65	57	20	0
17	53	55	M	R	R	44	37	24	5
18	54	21	F	L	L	64	57	22	5
19	91	19	M	R	R	25	NaN	27	n.d.
20	70	54	F	R	R	61	56	28	8
21	75	47	F	R	R	44	54	23	1
22	65	14	F	R	L	61	55	25	3
23	47	17	M	R	R	62	57	30	4
24	74	12	F	R	L	58	56	25	n.d.
25	49	58	M	Ambi	L	19	11	29	6
26	56	51	M	R	R	9	3	27	0
27	70	25	F	R	R	57	52	28	0
28	41	28	M	R	R	22	6	26	0
29	47	28	M	R	L	59	54	20	1
30	55	19	M	R	L	48	23	24	2
31	76	20	M	R	L	52	53	21	3
32	41	13	M	R	L	57	54	23	0
33	63	29	M	R	R	31	19	27	0
34	73	17	M	R	R	45	36	25	0
35	62	11	M	R	R	49	50	25	8

Late group Patients	age (years)	Time since stroke	gender	handedness	stroke hemisphere	FM-UE	ARAT	MoCa	GDS
1	27	819	F	R	R	58	45	30	3
2	45	1649	M	R	R	13	3	30	0
3	68	1273	M	R	R	60	57	27	14
4	67	816	M	R	R	13	6	25	0
5	60	806	M	R	L	58	55	25	3
6	58	1178	M	R	R	48	44	25	2
7	48	734	M	R	R	12	3	29	0
8	65	2321	M	R	R	10	7	28	8
9	53	332	F	L	R	62	57	23	7
10	62	2680	F	R	R	18	3	25	1
11	58	739	M	R	R	30	6	20	1
12	78	253	M	R	R	50	43	20	4
13	50	1800	M	R	R	24	43	22	7
14	59	612	M	R	R	18	3	20	4
15	40	2191	M	R	L	61	55	27	3
16	55	1749	F	R	L	9	2	21	7
17	52	1077	M	R	R	65	56	26	4
18	68	212	M	R	L	65	57	28	0
19	49	221	M	R	R	27	14	29	8
20	52	251	F	R	R	36	14	28	1
21	57	506	F	R	R	15	NaN	26	n.d.
22	45	272	F	n.d.	R	33	25	28	14
23	38	216	M	R	L	61	57	26	0
24	58	2474	F	R	R	18	3	23	5
25	69	2900	F	R	L	64	57	27	1
26	39	3131	F	R	L	48	52	27	0
27	72	581	M	R	R	14	4	28	2
28	56	929	M	R	R	60	54	30	0
29	67	1088	M	R	R	22	24	29	5
30	64	10834	M	R	L	20	3	22	3

Controls	age (years)	gender	handedness	MoCa	GDS
1	31	F	R	29	0
2	59	M	R	29	0
3	79	F	R	29	0
4	79	M	L	26	0
5	61	M	R	27	0
6	61	F	R	26	0
7	42	F	R	27	0
8	62	F	L	30	0
9	28	F	L	29	0
10	63	M	L	28	0
11	47	F	L	29	0
12	52	F	L	NaN	0
13	48	F	L	NaN	0
14	65	F	L	29	0
15	60	F	L	NaN	0
16	52	F	R	NaN	1
17	64	F	L	24	0