Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

Number

17

17

–

Age mean ± SD

66.4 ± 3.6

68.5 ± 3.8

0.1079

Sex, n (% male)

11 (68.75)

10 (62.5)

–

BMI (kg/m²)

28.4 ± 1.2

28.3 ± 1.8

0.8172

Months post-stroke

7.3 ± 1.2

7.2 ± 1.8

0.8501

Ischemic/hemorrhagic

12/5

11/6

0.0606

Side of paralysis Rt/Lt

14/3

13/4

–

MMS

26.4 ± 0.9

26.9 ± 1.1

0.1567

FMA

81.8 ± 2.11

80.7 ± 2.7

0.6336