Table 2 Demographic data of the studied patients

Age at admission

   All patients, (years)

58.5 ± 13.4

   < 40 (years)

19 (9)

   40-50 (years)

26 (13)

   50-60 (years)

59 (29)

   60-70 (years)

68 (33)

   ≥ 70 (years)

32 (16)

Gender

   Females

73 (36)

   Males

131 (64)

Time since stroke onset

   All patients, years

5.0 ± 4.5

   < 2 years

53 (26)

   2-5 years

76 (37)

   5-10 years

54 (27)

   ≥ 10 years

21 (10)

Subtype of stroke

   Intracerebral hemorrhage

107 (53) (putamen: 63, thalamus: 34, brainstem: 5, subcortical: 5)

   Cerebral cortical infarction

27 (13) (MCA territory: 27)

   Lacunar infarction

70 (34) (CR: 26, IC: 17, BG: 17, brainstem: 10)

Side of upper limb hemiparesis

   Dominant hand

124 (61)

   Non-dominant hand

80 (39)

Institution

   Jikei University Hospital

12 (6)

   Jikei Daisan Hospital

56 (28)

   Shimizu Hospital

98 (48)

   Kenkoukai Tokyo Hospital

27 (13)

   Nishi-Hiroshima Rehabilitation Hospital

11 (5)