Decreased Corticospinal Tract Fractional Anisotropy Predicts Long-term Motor Outcome After Stroke.

  • Josep Puig
  • Gerard Blasco
  • Josep Daunis-I-Estadella
  • Götz Thomalla
  • Mar Castellanos
  • Jaume Figueras
  • Sebastián Remollo
  • Cecile van Eendenburg
  • Javier Sánchez-González
  • Joaquín Serena
  • Salvador Pedraza

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Abstract

Nearly 50% of patients have residual motor deficits after stroke, and long-term motor outcome is difficult to predict. We assessed the predictive value of axonal damage to the corticospinal tract indexed by diffusion tensor imaging fractional anisotropy for long-term motor outcome.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number7
ISSN0039-2499
Publication statusPublished - 2013
pubmed 23652266