Table 1.
Published journal articles on brain connectivity after spinal cord injury (SCI) in human patients that were included in the qualitative synthesis.
| References | Modality | No. of patients | No. of controls | Time post-injury (months) | Connectivity analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astolfi et al. (2007) | EEG | 5 | 6 | N/A | ROI/MI |
| De Vico Fallani et al. (2007a) | EEG | 5 | 5 | N/A** | ROI/MI/GA |
| De Vico Fallani et al. (2007b) | EEG | 5 | 5 | N/A** | ROI/MI/GA |
| Mattia et al. (2009) | EEG | 5 | 5 | 19.4 ± 7.2 | ROI/MI/GA |
| Sinatra et al. (2009) | EEG | 5 | 5 | N/A** | ROI/MI/GA |
| Astolfi et al. (2010) | EEG | 5 | 5 | 18.4 ± 6 | ROI/MI/TV |
| De Vico Fallani et al. (2011) | EEG | 5 | 5 | N/A** | ROI/MI/GA |
| Hou et al. (2014a) | fMRI | 25 | 25 | 9.3 ± 2.9 weeks* | SB/RS |
| Min et al. (2015a) | fMRI | 18 | 18 | >3 | SB/RS |
| Min et al. (2015b) | fMRI | 20 | 20 | >3 | ROI/RS/GA |
| Hou et al. (2016) | fMRI | 25 | 25 | 9.2 ± 3.5 and 8.8 ± 2.6 weeks* | SB/RS |
| Oni-Orisan et al. (2016) | fMRI | 11 | 9 | >24 | SB/RS |
| Kaushal et al. (2017a) | fMRI | 15 | 15 | >24*** | ROI/RS/GA |
| Kaushal et al. (2017b) | fMRI | 15 | 15 | >24*** | ROI/RS/GA |
EEG, electroencephalography; fMRI, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; GA, graph analysis; MI, motor imagery; SB, seed-based; ROI, Regions of Interest-based; RS, resting-state; TV, Time-varying; *same subjects, grouped by recovery, **,***same patient group.