Participants. This was an interventional, prospective, open, blinded endpoint (PROBE design), randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in the Stroke Unit of Christian Medical College (CMC) and Hospital, Ludhiana, India and the College of Physiotherapy, CMC Ludhiana, India from January 2011 to August 2013. All stroke patients with thalamic and parietal lobe lesions within 48 hours of stroke onset who had upper limb weakness and provided informed consent were included.Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of less than 7 or who were uncooperative were excluded.