Table 2: Summary of the case series (M: male, F: female, MCA: middle cerebral artery, PTCA: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, CABG: coronary artery bypass graft, TA: tibialis anterior muscle, MMT: manual muscle test, MAS: modified Ashworth scale, URS: usability rating scale, OGA: observational gait analysis, MRI: magnetic resonance imaging).

Case Age/gender MRI diagnosis Comorbidities Year of stroke TA MMT Ankle MAS URS Pre versus postintervention OGA 1 31/M Right MCA stroke: infarct in right basal ganglia, fronto-temporal, and perisylvian grey and white matter. None 2008 1+ 3 Easy Improvement 2 58/F Left MCA stroke: acute non-hemorrhagic infarct in left basal ganglia and paraventricular white matter/corona radiate with lacunar infarct in left high frontal pre-central cortex. Diabetes, hypertension, post-PTCA 2009 2− 2 Easy No change 3 72/F Right basal ganglia infarct: gliotic area and old hemorrhagic remnant in right basal ganglia and thalamus with chronic ischemic changes in the brain. Hypertension 2006 3− 2 Moderately difficult Improvement 4 63/M Left MCA stroke including basal ganglia: infarct in the territory supplied by left Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) including basal ganglia. Diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension 2009 2 2 Easy No change 5 73/M Left MCA stroke. Post-CABG 2010 3− 1+ Easy Improvement 6 76/F Right MCA stroke, including basal ganglia. Post-CABG 2009 3− 1+ Easy No change 7 65/F Left MCA stroke, including basal ganglia and subcortical white matter. None 2009 1 3 Easy No change