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Impact of corticofugal fibre involvement in subcortical stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To correlate motor deficit with involvement of corticofugal fibres in patients with subcortical stroke. The descending motor corticofugal fibres originate from the primary motor cortex (M1), dorsal and ventral premotor area (PMdv) and supplementary motor area (SMA).

Design

Retrospective study.

Setting

Single tertiary teaching hospital.

Participants

57 patients (57% men) with subcortical infarcts on MRI (2009-2011) were included. The mean age was 64.3±14.4 years.

Interventions

None.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

National Institute of Health Stroke Scale subscores for arm and leg motor deficit at 90 days.

Results

An area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) for the volume of overlap with infarct (and M1/PMdv/SMA fibres) and motor outcome was calculated. The AUC for the association with arm motor deficit from M1 fibres involvement was 0.80 (95% CI 0.66 to 0.94), PMdv was 0.76 (95% CI 0.61 to 0.91) and SMA was 0.73 (95% CI 0.58 to 0.88). The AUC for leg motor deficit from M1 fibres involvement was 0.69 (95% CI 0.52 to 0.85), PMdv was 0.67 (95% CI 0.50 to 0.85), SMA was 0.66 (95% CI 0.48 to 0.84).

Conclusions

Following subcortical stroke, the correlations between involvement of the corticofugal fibres for upper and lower limbs motor deficit were variable. A poor motor outcome was not universal following subcortical stroke.

SUBMITTER: Phan TG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3787414 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of corticofugal fibre involvement in subcortical stroke.

Phan Thanh G TG van der Voort Sanne S Chen Jian J Beare Richard R Ma Henry H Clissold Benjamin B Ly John J Foster Emma E Thong Eleanor E Srikanth Velandai V

BMJ open 20130924 9

<h4>Objective</h4>To correlate motor deficit with involvement of corticofugal fibres in patients with subcortical stroke. The descending motor corticofugal fibres originate from the primary motor cortex (M1), dorsal and ventral premotor area (PMdv) and supplementary motor area (SMA).<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective study.<h4>Setting</h4>Single tertiary teaching hospital.<h4>Participants</h4>57 patients (57% men) with subcortical infarcts on MRI (2009-2011) were included. The mean age was 64.3±14.4 y ...[more]

PMID: 24068765

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Dataset Information

Impact of corticofugal fibre involvement in subcortical stroke.

Objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Interventions

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Impact of corticofugal fibre involvement in subcortical stroke.

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