Table 3.
Differences in the regional cerebral blood flow in chronic whiplash associated disorders (cWAD) patients compared with healthy volunteers.
| Contrast | Cluster |
Peak |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Voxels | Z-value | x, y, z | |
| Healthy < cWAD (increased rCBF in cWAD patients) |
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| Cluster 1 | R. posterior cingulate gyrus | 46 | 3.03 ± 0.28 | |
| R. precuneus | 33 | 2.73 ± 0.11 | 15, − 63, 28 | |
| Healthy > cWAD (decreased rCBF in cWAD patients) |
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| Cluster 1 | R. superior temporal gyrus | 43 | 3.17 ± 0.46 | 35, − 1, − 16 |
| R. insula | 18 | 2.81 ± 0.14 | ||
| R. parahippocampal gyrus | 7 | 3.05 ± 0.36 | ||
| Cluster 2 | R. thalamus | 95 | 3.00 ± 0.32 | 7, − 11, 9 |
| Cluster 3 | L. inferior frontal gyrus | 61 | 3.21 ± 0.45 | − 33, 21, − 7 |
| L. insula | 26 | 2.88 ± 0.19 | ||
Height threshold p = 0.005 uncorrected, extent threshold k = 100, voxel size = 2 × 2 × 2 mm. Anatomical location and coordinates according to Talairach Daemon database atlas. rCBF: regional cerebral blood flow; R: right; L: left.