Table 4.
Default mode network (DMN) connectivity in healthy controls versus cLBP patients, pre- and post-physical maneuvers, which temporarily exacerbated clinical pain.
side | size (mm3) | MNI coordinates | peak z-stat | ||||
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X (mm) | Y (mm) | Z (mm) | |||||
cLBPpre versus healthy controls | |||||||
S1 | L | 3,744 | −6 | −24 | 54 | 3.64 | |
thalamus | L | 3,184 | −18 | −38 | 4 | 3.49 | |
S1 | L | 3,032 | −62 | −20 | 32 | −3.83 | |
cLBPpost versus healthy controls | |||||||
precuneus | R | 7,544 | 34 | −76 | 34 | 3.63 | |
cLBPpost versus cLBPpre | |||||||
• All cLBP patients | |||||||
mPFC | R | 3,672 | 4 | 52 | −4 | 4.34 | |
MT+ | R | 7,888 | 44 | −80 | 10 | 4.56 | |
S1/M1 | R | 5,368 | 2 | −36 | 66 | −3.72 | |
pons | L | 3,424 | −12 | −24 | −34 | −3.81 | |
• high-PCS cLBP subgroup | |||||||
anterior/mid insula | R | 2,992 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 3.34 | |
• mid-PCS cLBP subgroup | |||||||
cuneus | 9,248 | 0 | 76 | 14 | −4.28 | ||
dlPFC | R | 2,792 | 46 | 44 | 8 | −4.09 | |
• low-PCS cLBP subgroup | |||||||
mPFC | R | 4,880 | 4 | 38 | −12 | 4.63 | |
S1/M1 | R | 4,640 | 10 | −28 | 72 | −4.37 |
S1=primary sensory cortex, mPFC=medial prefrontal cortex, dlPFC=dorsolateral prefrontal cortex