Corticospinal Tract Lesion Load Originating From Both Ventral Premotor and Primary Motor Cortices Are Associated With Post-stroke Motor Severity

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Corticospinal Tract Lesion Load Originating From Both Ventral Premotor and Primary Motor Cortices Are Associated With Post-stroke Motor Severity

 

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Kaori L. Ito, PhD, OTR/L, Bokkyu Kim, PhD, PT, Jingchun Liu, MD, ...

First Published December 24, 2021 Research Article Find in PubMed 

https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683211068441

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Abstract

Lesion load of the corticospinal tract (CST-LL), a measure of overlap between a stroke lesion and the CST, is one of the strongest predictors of motor outcomes following stroke. CST-LL is typically calculated by using a probabilistic map of the CST originating from the primary motor cortex (M1). However, higher order motor areas also have projections that contribute to the CST and motor control. In this retrospective study, we examined whether evaluating CST-LL from additional motor origins is more strongly associated with post-stroke motor severity than using CST-LL originating from M1 only. We found that lesion load to both the ventral premotor (PMv) cortex and M1 were more strongly related to stroke motor severity indexed by Fugl-Meyer Assessment cut-off scores than CST-LL of M1 alone, suggesting that higher order motor regions add clinical relevance to motor impairment.

Keywords

corticospinal tract, stroke, Fugl-Meyer, motor, ventral premotor cortex, M1

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