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. 2013 Dec 17:557 Pt B:79-83.
doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.10.047. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

CST recovery in pediatric hemiplegic patients: Diffusion tensor tractography study

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CST recovery in pediatric hemiplegic patients: Diffusion tensor tractography study

Seung Ok Baek et al. Neurosci Lett. .

Abstract

Many diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have reported an association between corticospinal tract (CST) injury and motor dysfunction. In this study, we investigated CST recovery in 29 pediatric patients with clinical hemiplegia using DTI. We measured the fractional anisotropy (FA), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), and asymmetric anisotropy (AA) of both CSTs. The patients were classified into three groups according to severity of CST disruption of the more affected hemisphere. DTI was followed up for 9.34 ± 2.07 months after initial evaluation. The FA value of the more affected CST showed a significant decrease compared to the opposite side at initial and follow up evaluation, respectively (p<0.05). The FA value of both CSTs showed a significant increase at follow up compared to the initial evaluation, while more changes were observed on the more affected side, compared with the less affected side (p<0.05). AA showed a significant decrease at follow up, and showed significant correlation with interval change of FA value of the more affected side, not with that of the less affected side (r=0.543, p<0.05). 19 patients showed change of CST integrity. In the current study, the results of DTI showed recovery of the CST and provided radiologic evidence for a scientific basis of brain plasticity in pediatric patients.

Keywords: Cerebral palsy; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor; Hemiplegia; Motor.

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