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TY - JOUR
T1 - Diffusion MRI findings in patients with extensive and minimal post-concussion symptoms after mTBI and healthy controls - a cross sectional study
AU - Næss-Schmidt, Erhard Trillingsgaard
AU - Blicher, Jakob Udby
AU - Tietze, Anna
AU - Rask, Charlotte Ulrikka
AU - Svendsen, Susanne Wulff
AU - Schröder, Andreas
AU - Thastum, Mille Møller
AU - Tuborgh, Astrid Høeg
AU - Frederiksen, Oana-Veronica
AU - Østergaard, Leif
AU - Eskildsen, Simon Fristed
AU - Hansen, Brian
AU - Jespersen, Sune
AU - Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that the microstructure of the corpus callosum, thalamus and hippocampus, as measured with diffusion and Mean of the Kurtosis Tensor (MKT) MRI, differs between healthy subjects and patients with extensive and minimal post-concussion symptoms (PCS) and that MKT measures correlate with PCS severity and self-reported cognitive symptoms.RESEARCH DESIGN: A cross-sectional study comparing patients with extensive PCS and patients with minimal PCS 2-5 months after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with each other and with an external healthy control group.METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Diffusion MRI was obtained in 25 patients with extensive PCS and in 25 patients with minimal PCS as measured by the Rivermead Post-concussion Symptoms Questionnaire. The patients were matched on age, sex and time since accident. Data from an external healthy control group (n = 27) was included.MAIN OUTCOME AND RESULTS: There was no difference in MKT between the two groups with mTBI and no correlation between MKT and PCS. There was no difference between the three groups in other diffusion measures.CONCLUSIONS: Our results did not point to microstructural changes in the corpus callosum, thalamus and hippocampus in relation to PCS after mTBI.
AB - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that the microstructure of the corpus callosum, thalamus and hippocampus, as measured with diffusion and Mean of the Kurtosis Tensor (MKT) MRI, differs between healthy subjects and patients with extensive and minimal post-concussion symptoms (PCS) and that MKT measures correlate with PCS severity and self-reported cognitive symptoms.RESEARCH DESIGN: A cross-sectional study comparing patients with extensive PCS and patients with minimal PCS 2-5 months after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with each other and with an external healthy control group.METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Diffusion MRI was obtained in 25 patients with extensive PCS and in 25 patients with minimal PCS as measured by the Rivermead Post-concussion Symptoms Questionnaire. The patients were matched on age, sex and time since accident. Data from an external healthy control group (n = 27) was included.MAIN OUTCOME AND RESULTS: There was no difference in MKT between the two groups with mTBI and no correlation between MKT and PCS. There was no difference between the three groups in other diffusion measures.CONCLUSIONS: Our results did not point to microstructural changes in the corpus callosum, thalamus and hippocampus in relation to PCS after mTBI.
KW - Journal Article
KW - microstructure
KW - Concussion
KW - kurtosis
KW - mild traumatic brain injury
KW - RISK-FACTORS
KW - KURTOSIS
KW - COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
KW - TRAUMATIC-BRAIN-INJURY
KW - MILD
KW - POSTCONCUSSIVE SYMPTOMS
KW - WATER DIFFUSION
KW - MINOR HEAD-INJURY
KW - COHORT
KW - QUESTIONNAIRE
U2 - 10.1080/02699052.2017.1377352
DO - 10.1080/02699052.2017.1377352
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29095055
VL - 32
SP - 91
EP - 98
JO - Brain Injury
JF - Brain Injury
SN - 0269-9052
IS - 1
ER -