Patientcharacteristics assessed within 72 hours after stroke
| Mean (SD) or % | |
| No of patients | 450 |
| Age (years) | 64.8 (14.0) |
| Sex (males) | 52 |
| Type of stroke (Bamford classification) | |
| Lacunar cerebral infarcts | 48 |
| Total anterior circulation infarcts | 18 |
| Partial anterior circulation infarcts | 34 |
| Affected body side (right) | 39 |
| Dominant hand (right) | 92 |
| Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (yes) | 23 |
| National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale | 8 (5) |
| Baseline Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) | 14 (19) |
| Baseline Shoulder Abduction | |
| No random movement | 33 |
| Random activity palpable, no movement visible | 10 |
| Random movement seeable but not seeable in total movement range | 22 |
| Random movement across total movement range, not possible against resistance | 5 |
| Random movement against resistance, but weaker than healthy side Normal strength in comparison with contralateral side | 21 |
| Normal strength in comparison withcontralateral side | 9 |
| Fugl Meyer Upper Limb score (0–66) | 25 (22) |
| Fugl Meyer finger extension (none, partial, full) | 54, 20, 26 |
| Motricity Index Arm (0–100) | 38 (34) |
| Motricity Index Leg (0–100) | 49 (33) |
| Neglect: | |
| Normal (not present) | 63 |
| Inattention or extinction for 1 kind of stimulus severe hemi-inattention for both stimuli | 17 |
| Severehemi-inattention for both stimuli | 21 |
| Sensibility | |
| Normal | 45 |
| Reduced | 42 |
| Absent | 14 |
| Baseline finger extension | |
| None | 54 |
| Partial | 20 |
| Full | 26 |