Stroke, a common disease that endangers the lives and health of millions of people worldwide, exhibits high morbidity, mortality, disability and recurrence rates. Stroke has become the second leading cause of death worldwide (WHO, 2020) and the primary cause of global dysfunction and disability (Kuriakose, & Xiao, 2020). The incidence of stroke in China ranks first in the world, with more than 2 million new cases every year (Wu et al., 2019). Nearly 2 million people die from this disease each year (Wang et al., 2019a). Cerebral infarction, also known as ischaemic stroke, accounts for approximately 70%-80% of strokes and is the major subtype of stroke in China (Wang, 2016;Xu, 2016). Hemiplegia is a typical sequela after cerebral infarction (Shi & Wang, 2021). Limb dysfunction caused by hemiplegia is a common dysfunction and serious sequela of