... hypothesized that, in stroke patients, the curvature increases even in the middle of reaching due to the patient’s inability to control the movement and the existence of sub-movements In this study, ... the inclusion of patients from the HANDS trial would affect, or bias, our findings To be recruited into this study, patients had to meet the following inclusion criteria: (1) the time since stroke ... hospitalized in a university hospital for weeks for the purpose of intensive training to improve finger extension movement through the HANDS therapy [9] These patients (P1-P13) were expected to obtain...