Group Video Text Usual care Total   Total number 19 19 18 56 Age Mean 62.79 53.89 58.83 58.50 SD 11.48 14.74 11.25 12.93 Sex F 8 5 5 18 M 11 14 13 38 Handedness L 4 0 3 7 R 15 19 15 49 Side of infarct L 11 10 12 33 R 8 9 6 23 Dominant hand affected NO 10 9 7 26 Yes 9 10 11 30 Time since stroke onset [months] Mean 37.91 55.37 26.74 40.25 SD 69.96 106.93 61.69 81.61 Severity of palsy [1:mild – 3:high-grade] Mean 1.68 1.89 1.67 1.75 SD 0.75 0.74 0.77 0.74 NIHSS [1-4:minor stroke – 21-42:severe stroke] Mean 3.42 4.15 2.93 3.51 SD 1.87 2.00 1.28 1.79 SD for standarddeviation, F female, M male

Table 1: Summary of demographical and clinical data of all subjects