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. 2016 Nov 15;7:201. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00201

Table 3.

Head motion during scans.

Movement Task Plane Controls
CD
Mean SD Mean SD
Translation (mm) Rest x 0.08 0.07 0.12 0.10
y 0.11 0.12 0.16 0.15
z 0.33 0.31 0.36 0.24
Hand x 0.08 0.06 0.15 0.15
y 0.11 0.11 0.17 0.16
z 0.32 0.30 0.46 0.32
Head x 0.10 0.08 0.13 0.10
y 0.13 0.14 0.17 0.15
z 0.37 0.33 0.38 0.26
Rotation (mm) Rest x 0.28 0.26 0.40 0.34
y 0.16 0.17 0.19 0.17
z 0.21 0.17 0.34 0.29
Hand x 0.26 0.23 0.44 0.35
y 0.15 0.14 0.23 0.20
z 0.21 0.16 0.42 0.37
Head x 0.31 0.31 0.39 0.31
y 0.19 0.17 0.19 0.17
z 0.24 0.18 0.39 0.34

A three-way MANOVA (task × plane × group) was conducted to analyze translational and rotational head movements. There was a significant main effect for group on both translation (F = 744) and rotation (F = 2173), suggesting the CD group moved more than the control group overall. However, the actual magnitude of the difference was small and well below the 1.75 cutoff. There was a significant main effect for task on both translation (F = 140) and rotation (F = 128), suggesting one task was associated with greater motion. Post hoc analyses indicated that head tasks showed significantly more head motion than rest (p = 0.00) and hand tasks (p = 0.00). There was a significant main effect of plane on both translation (F = 8026) and rotation (F = 1644). Post hoc analyses indicated that z translation showed significantly more head motion than x (p = 0.00) and y translation (p = 0.00). For rotational movements, post hoc analyses indicated that rotation in the x plane showed significantly more head motion than the y (p = 0.00) and z (p = 0.00) planes.

CD, cervical dystonia.