Thin and Plain Supplementary Motor Area in Chronic Ankle Instability: A Volume- and Surface-Based Morphometric Study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The supplementary motor area (SMA) is involved in the functional deficits of chronic ankle instability (CAI), but the structural basis of its abnormalities remains unclear.

Objectives

To determine the differences in volume- and surface-based morphologic features of the SMA between patients with CAI and healthy controls and the relationship between these features and the clinical features of CAI.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Sports medicine laboratory.

Patients or other participants

A total of 32 patients with CAI (10 women, 22 men; age = 32.46 ± 7.51 years) and 31 healthy controls (12 women, 19 men; age = 29.70 ± 8.07 years) participated.

Main outcome measure(s)

We performed T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging of par

SUBMITTER: Xue X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440821 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature