Functional Connectivity Density and Balance in Young Patients with Traumatic Axonal Injury.

ABSTRACT: Our previous study provided some evidence for the relationship between abnormal structural connectivity and poor balance performance in young traumatic axonal injury (TAI) patients. An enhanced understanding of the functional connectivity following TAI may allow targeted treatments geared toward improving brain function and postural control. Twelve patients with TAI and 28 normally developing children (aged 9-19 years) performed the sensory organization test (SOT) protocol of the EquiTest (Neurocom). All participants were scanned using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging series along with anatomical scans. We applied "functional connectivity density mapping" (FCDM), a voxel-wise data-driven method that calculates individual functional connectivity maps to obtain both short-

SUBMITTER: Caeyenberghs K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4575509 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature