Demographic and clinical characteristics of each group of patients: poor recoverers (PR) and (good recoverers (GR)
| PR n=15 | GR n=15 | p Value | |
| Age: mean (SD) | 59.1 (7.2) | 51.7 (10.8) | 0.04* |
| Gender, number of patients: M (F) | 10 (5) | 8 (7) | 0.46** |
| Time since stroke: mean (SD) and range (months) | 40.7 (42.6) 6–165 | 31.3 (28.2) 6–116 | 0.74* |
| Ratio of ischaemic to primary intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke | 12:3 | 13:2 | – |
| ARAT: mean (SD) (max 57) | 32.9 (8.5) | 52.7 (5.49) | <0.01* |
| Grip mean: (SD) (% unaffected side) | 41.4 (14.3) | 74.6 (18.57) | <0.01* |
| Motricity index: mean (SD) (% unaffected side) | 65.2 (11.4) | 91.9 (4.2) | <0.01* |
| NHPT: mean (SD) (% unaffected side) | 5.8 (5.9) | 53.1 (23.7) | <0.01* |
*p Value for Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
**p Value for χ2 test.
ARAT, Action Research Arm Test; NHPT, Nine-Hole Peg Test.