The Effect of Swallowing Action Observation Therapy on Resting fMRI in Stroke Patients with Dysphagia

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of stroke patients and HCs.

Group	Course of disease (day)	Stroke classification		Lesion site
		Cerebral infarction	Cerebral hemorrhage	Lateral ventricle	Frontal/temporal/parietal lobe	Basal ganglia
Healthy controls
Stroke patients		9	3	2	4	6

The stroke classification and lesion site between the two groups were compared using the chi-square test, and the course of disease was compared using the independent two-sample -test. , there was a statistical difference between the two groups.