Cognitive domains AD Stroke p   (n=15) (n=21) IQc -1,5 (-15 ...10) 7,0 (-3 ... 16) 0,001 IQv -0,5 (-17 ...10) 3,0 (-56 ... 25) 0,08 IQp -4,5 (-14 ... 9) 6,0 (-4 ... 20) 0,001 VP 0 (-12 ...75) 4,0 (-6 ... 31) 0,089 PO 1,0 (-14 ... 77) 8,0 (0 ... 28) 0,017 WM 1,0 (-24 ... 77) 0 (-12 ... 10) 0,66 SOP 2,0 (-26 ... 92) 10,0 (-2 ... 87) 0,049 ACER 4,0 (-7 ...16) 3,0 (-11 ... 15) 0,904 MMSE 1,0 (-2 ... 5) 0 (-4 ... 5) 0,6 HADS 0 (-10 ... 12) -2,0 (-9 ... 17) 0,46

Table 3: Differences in cognitive scores between the stroke group and AD group; Significance of Mann-Whitney U test for comparison of AD and stroke group median of difference before and after the therapy(maximum decline and maximum elevation)