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Table 6.

Effect of ISNCSCI Scores (Total Motor and Total Light Touch Sensory Scores) on DTI Metrics Obtained from All Levels of Motor Tracts Only and Sensory Tracts Only Cephalad and Caudal to the Lesion

	DTI metrics (motor tracts)
	FA_cephalad	FA_caudal	MD_cephalad	MD_caudal	AD_cephalad	AD_caudal	RD_cephalad	RD_caudal
Coefficients	0.00380	0.00151	0.00285	0.00492	0.01022	0.00944	−0.00082	0.00266
Std. Error	0.00168	0.00096	0.00396	0.00301	0.00488	0.00409	0.00410	0.00264
p value	0.0258	0.1184	0.4723	0.1058	0.0383	0.0231	0.8413	0.3161

	DTI metrics (sensory tracts)
	FA_cephalad	FA_caudal	MD_cephalad	MD_caudal	AD_cephalad	AD_caudal	RD_cephalad	RD_caudal
Coefficients	0.00069	−0.00034	0.00183	0.00169	0.00409	0.00271	0.00070	0.00118
Std. Error	0.00059	0.00031	0.00116	0.00098	0.00142	0.00133	0.00121	0.0008
P value	0.2456	0.2843	0.1170	0.0887	0.0046	0.0447	0.5612	0.1802

Bold indicates significantly different DTI value in SCI subjects.

ISNCSCI, International Standard of Neurological Classification for Spinal Cord Injury; DTI, diffusion tensor imaging; FA, fractional anisotropy; MD, mean diffusivity; AD, axial diffusivity; RD, radial diffusivity.