About the Authors

Nikola Sprigg

nikola.sprigg@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation Stroke Trials Unit, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Rebecca O’Connor

Affiliation Stroke Trials Unit, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Lisa Woodhouse

Affiliation Stroke Trials Unit, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Kailash Krishnan

Affiliation Stroke Trials Unit, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Timothy J. England

Affiliation Division of Medical Sciences and GEM, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Louise A. Connell

Affiliation School of Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

Marion F. Walker

Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Philip M. Bath

Affiliation Stroke Trials Unit, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NS PMB MFW. Data curation: LW. Formal analysis: LW. Funding acquisition: NS PMB MFW LC. Investigation: RO. Methodology: NS PMB MFW LAC. Project administration: NS RO. Resources: NS PMB MFW LAC. Software: PMB. Supervision: PMB MFW. Validation: NS PMB TJE LW. Writing – original draft: NS. Writing – review & editing: NS PMB MFW LAC TJE RO KK LW.