Table 6.

Summary of correlation results between measures of motor behavior with myelin water fraction and fractional anisotropy in white matter regions of interest in the stroke group.

	FM score		Log WMFT affected		Log WMFT unaffected		Grip strength affected		Grip strength unaffected
	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value
MWF
NAWM	− 0.05	0.82	0.44	0.65	0.09	0.70	− 0.05	0.84	0.08	0.73
Contralesional PLIC	− 0.43	0.06	0.43	0.06	0.11	0.64	− 0.34	0.15	0.01	0.95
Ipsilesional PLIC	0.08	0.73	− 0.04	0.87	− 0.23	0.33	0.15	0.52	0.04	0.85
FA
Whole-brain	0.02	0.82	0.09	0.69	− 0.29	0.22	− 0.02	0.92	0.37	0.10
Contralesional PLIC	− 0.11	0.64	0.11	0.66	− 0.07	0.76	− 0.30	0.20	0.20	0.40
Ipsilesional PLIC	0.51	0.04⁎	− 0.47	0.096	0.14	0.59	0.07	0.79	− 0.70	0.79

FM: Fugl-Meyer, WMFT: Wolf Motor Function Test, NAWM: Normal appearing white matter, PLIC: posterior limb of internal capsule, MWF: myelin water fraction, FA: fractional anisotropy.

* p < 0.05.