Stroke patient group details
| Stroke severity on day of testing (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score, most severely impaired score 42) | Median (IQR) | 4 (2 to 6) |
| Range | 0 to 21 | |
| Stroke lesion in left or right brain? | 18 left brain 9 right brain | |
| Proportion left brain | 0.67 | |
| Thrombolysed with alteplase? | 17 thrombolysed 10 not thrombolysed | |
| Proportion thrombolysed | 0.63 | |
| Number of days post stroke when tested | Median (IQR) in days | 3 (2 to 6) |
| Range in days | 1 to 14 | |
| Total length of stay in hospital | Median (IQR) in days | 9 (3 to 27) |
| Range in days | 2 to 78 | |
For further explanation of the NIHSS see supplementary file 1.