Table 3.
For each ROI, comparison of two neuroplastic patterns, according to change in AMAT score in response to rehabilitation.
| Neuroplastic Pattern 1 (increased fMRI activation after treatment) | Neuroplastic Pattern 2 (decreased or unchanged fMRI activation after treatment) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROI | Sample size | Baseline AMAT (sec)mean (SD) | Sample size | Baseline AMAT (sec)mean (SD) | Pattern comparison p value | |
| Ipsilesional | M1 | 14 | 538.0 (386) | 9 | 235.1 (282) | 0.028* |
| AS | 8 | 549.5 (484) | 15 | 350.1 (299) | ns | |
| S1 | 13 | 556.5 (395) | 10 | 241.3 (274) | 0.015 | |
| SII | 11 | 485.4 (305) | 12 | 359.0 (434) | ns | |
| LPM | 11 | 576.1 (422) | 12 | 275.9 (271) | 0.023 | |
| SMA | 11 | 547.9 (445) | 12 | 301.7 (266) | ns | |
| Contralesional | M1 | 11 | 612.3 (428) | 12 | 242.8 (210) | 0.023 |
| AS | 7 | 715.9 (433) | 16 | 289.8 (270) | 0.004* | |
| S1 | 10 | 593.7 (441) | 13 | 285.4 (261) | 0.042 | |
| SII | 9 | 609.0 (438) | 14 | 297.6 (283) | 0.028 | |
| LPM | 10 | 595.8 (440) | 13 | 283.8 (260) | 0.049 | |
| SMA | 11 | 564.9 (444) | 12 | 286.2 (250) | ns | |
Key: M1, primary motor; SMA, supplementary motor area; LPM, lateral premotor region; S1, primary somatosensory area; SII, secondary sensory region; AS, associative sensory; *significant p value after adjustment for multiple comparisons, according to Holm-Bonferonni method; ns, non-significant; ROI, region of interest.