Functional versus Nonfunctional Rehabilitation in Chronic Ischemic Stroke: Evidences from a Randomized Functional MRI Study

Table 1

Demographic data, training type (FS × NFS), and clinical characteristics (paresis, NIHSS, Rankin, and modified Ashworth scales) of all patients at P1 (baseline, before intervention).

Patient	Sex	Age (y)	Intervention	Time of stroke (y)	Paresis	NIHSS	mRS	Ashworth
1	M	71	NFS	10	L	3	3	3
2	M	68	NFS	1,5	R	5	2	2
3	F	57	NFS	1	R	4	2	1
4	M	67	NFS	1,5	L	1	3	1
5	F	38	NFS	10	L	2	2	1
6	M	58	NFS	1	R	5	2	3
7	M	61	FS	9	R	3	2	3
8	M	48	FS	2	R	5	3	3
9	F	64	FS	1,5	R	5	2	3
10	M	69	FS	4,5	L	1	2	3
11	M	64	FS	1	R	3	3	3
12	M	59	FS	4,5	L	4	2	1

y: year, M: male, F: female, NFS: nonfunctional strategy, FS: functional strategy, L: left, R: right, NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke scale, mRS: modified Rankin scale.