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. 2015 Nov 10;2015:798481. doi: 10.1155/2015/798481

Table 5.

Diffusivity parameters in the affected corticospinal tract at 3 time points.

  Affected CST Less affected CST  
Case MD (×10−3 mm2/s) FA (a.u.) MD (×10−3 mm2/s) FA (a.u.) Behavior improv.
  T1 T2 T3 T1 T2 T3 T1 T2 T3 T1 T2 T3  
Camp intervention Before After Follow-up Before After Follow-up Before After Follow-up Before After Follow-up  
1 0.79 0.75∗ 0.76 0.59 0.6 0.59 0.77 0.74 0.76 0.61 0.62 0.61 Yes
2 ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ 0.8 0.75∗ — 0.56 0.62∗ — Yes
3 0.8 0.84 0.81 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.8 0.75∗ 0.8 0.54 0.58∗ 0.56 Yes
4 0.79 0.85 0.84 0.58 0.6 0.62∗ 0.88 0.75∗ 0.77∗ 0.62 0.58 0.57∗ Yes
5 0.73 0.74 0.78 0.61 0.58 0.6 0.72 0.71 0.75 0.6 0.6 0.6 Yes
6 ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ 0.76 0.74 0.74 0.59 0.58 0.6 No
7 0.84 0.76∗ 0.82 0.6 0.66∗ 0.62 0.74 0.73 0.75 0.62 0.6 0.65 Yes
8 0.89 0.87   0.56 0.56   0.73 0.76   0.62 0.62   Yes
Home intervention Before After   Before After   Before After   Before After    
9 0.83 0.77∗   0.6 0.65∗   0.76 0.71∗   0.61 0.65∗   Yes
10 0.79 0.82   0.62 0.58   0.79 0.71∗   0.65 0.61   Yes
11 0.81 0.81   0.62 0.6   0.75 0.76   0.63 0.6   Yes
12 — —   — —   — —   — —   Yes

MD = mean diffusivity (×10−3 mm2/s); FA = fractional diffusivity (arbitrary units). ∗Significant improvement = >5% improvement. ∗∗Due to large lesion size, we were unable to reconstruct this tract.