Table 5.

Brain regions with significant group effects in the nodal path length between the CP1, CP2, and HC groups (post hoc t-test; FDR-corrected P < 0.05).

Brain regions	Nodal clustering coefficient		t	P
CP1>HC	Right median cingulate gyri	9.34 ± 1.27	7.56 ± 0.95	4.31	0.0002
	Right posterior cingulate gyrus	10.25 ± 1.47	8.41 ± 0.81	4.20	0.00026
	Right hippocampus	11.01 ± 1.33	9.02 ± 1.24	4.19	0.00027
	Left lingual gyrus	12.33 ± 1.20	10.36 ± 1.05	4.68	0.000071
	Left superior occipital gyrus	13.98 ± 1.49	11.96 ± 0.89	4.48	0.00012
	Left middle occipital gyrus	12.60 ± 1.43	10.47 ± 1.14	4.46	0.00013
	Left fusiform gyrus	13.91 ± 1.80	11.82 ± 0.94	3.94	0.00051
	Left angular gyrus	14.64 ± 1.89	11.92 ± 1.69	4.09	0.00035
	Left precuneus	10.23 ± 1.51	8.25 ± 0.95	4.26	0.00022
	Right putamen	12.12 ± 1.18	10.09 ± 1.16	4.70	0.000069
	Right thalamus	11.13 ± 1.68	8.69 ± 0.84	4.99	0.000031
CP2>HC	Left precental gyrus	10.21 ± 1.02	8.76 ± 0.72	4.43	0.00014
	Left inferior frontal gyrus (opercular part)	12.81 ± 1.17	11.24 ± 1.11	3.70	0.00098
	Right supplementary motor area	11.39 ± 0.74	10.12 ± 0.92	4.10	0.00034
	Left postcentral gyrus	10.26 ± 0.77	9.10 ± 0.78	4.04	0.0004
	Left precuneus	9.77 ± 0.91	8.25 ± 0.95	4.41	0.00015
	Left paracentral lobule	11.12 ± 0.84	9.65 ± 0.82	4.74	0.000061
	Right paracentral lobule	12.46 ± 1.10	10.70 ± 0.82	4.89	0.00004
CP1>CP2	Right putamen	12.12 ± 1.18	10.61 ± 0.75	4.05	0.00041
	Right thalamus	11.13 ± 1.68	9.21 ± 0.65	3.99	0.00048

CP1, children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy before treatment; CP2, children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy following treatment; HC, health children. FDR-corrected P < 0.05 indicated statistically significant differences between groups.