Diffusion Tensor Imaging Found Useful in Elucidation and Classification of the Causes of Motor Weakness Resulting from CST Injury in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
The Archives of Neurology has posted a recent article entitled “Classification of Cause of Motor Weakness in Traumatic Brain Injury Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging.” The researchers, affiliated with the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurosurgery at the College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Korea, used DTI to elucidate the causes of motor weakness in patients with traumatic brain injury. The objective of the study, according to the abstract, was “to attempt to classify with Diffusion Tensor Imaging the causes of motor weakness in patients with traumatic brain injury by conducting an analysis of the injury mechanism of the corticospinal track (CST).
The researchers recruited 41 consecutive patients who showed motor weakness among patients with traumatic brain injury admitted for rehabilitation. The researchers found that Diffusion Tensor Imaging was useful in the elucidation and classification of the causes of motor weakness resulting from CST injury in patients with traumatic brain injury.