nearing significancep = 0.05
There were no sex differences in relative structure volumes or motor scores in the combined stroke group or TDC, however, relative dominant hemisphere caudate volumes were significantly larger in females for PVI (t = −2.415, p = 0.024), while relative dominant hemisphere putamen volumes were larger in males for AIS, nearing significance (t = 2.097, p = 0.05). 3.2 Volume measurement reliability Basal ganglia volume measurements had very high intra-rater reliability (dominant putamen: ICC = 0.99, p < 0.001; dominant caudate: ICC = 0.85, p < 0.05; non-dominant putamen: ICC = 1.0, p < 0.001; non-dominant caudate: ICC = 1.0, p < 0.001).