All participants had two visits for the breathing exercise. The only planned intervention was the breathing exercise, which is now concluded.
The protocol for the breathing intervention was as follows: The breathing protocol lasted 15 minutes. It was a guided breathing awareness session with a registered nurse (PhD student) who is also trained in integrative therapies and yoga instruction.
In parallel, during one of the visits the reliability and validity of a new scale for stroke to measure quality of movement and body awareness is tested.
This part is still ongoing and thus this becomes a one-time visit.
