Change in arm/hand function over time: baseline (diagnosis stroke), 3 months and one year follow-up. 5 small tests are performed. The total score can vary from 0 to 5, with lower scores indicating decreased arm/hand function.

Change in walking capability over time: baseline (diagnosis stroke), 3 months and one year follow-up. Test: if the patient is able to walk, he/she has to walk 10 meters and is recorded as meter per second.

Change in trunk activity over time: baseline (diagnosis stroke), 3 months and one year follow-up. Trunk control test examines four movements: rolling from a supine position to the weak side and to the strong side, sitting up from a lying-down position, and sitting balance.

Each item is scored as indicated below:

0: no movement 12: movement with corrections 25: normal The total score counts the four tests together. The maximum possible score is 100, with the minimum score being a 0.

Change in NIHSS over time: baseline (diagnosis stroke), 3 months and one year follow-up. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a tool used by healthcare providers to objectively quantify the impairment caused by a stroke. The NIHSS is composed of 11 items, each of which scores a specific ability between a 0 and 4. For each item, a score of 0 typically indicates normal function in that specific ability, while a higher score is indicative of some level of impairment. The individual scores from each item are summed in order to calculate a patient's total NIHSS score. The maximum possible score is 42, with the minimum score being a 0.

Change in quality of life over time: baseline (diagnosis stroke), 3 months and one year follow-up. The European Quality of life system comprises 5 dimensions (EQ5D): mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels varying from no problems to extreme problems.

Change in quality of life over time: baseline (diagnosis stroke), 3 months and one year follow-up. The barthel index is an index that represent the capacity to perform daily activities (feeding, grooming, toilet use, stairs, bathing,...). Total possible scores range from 0 - 20, with lower scores indicating increased disability.

Change in quality of life over time: baseline (diagnosis stroke), 3 months and one year follow-up. The Stroke-Specific Quality of Life scale (SSQOL) is a questionnaire that evaluates different activities performed in the last week (language, mobility, personality, writing, thinking, mood, vision,...). Each item is scored with a maximum of 5 points. The higher the score, the more problems the patient will have with their daily activities.