Differences in Cortical Representation and Structural Connectivity of Hands and Feet between Professional Handball Players and Ballet Dancers

Figure 3

Estimated means and standard errors of fractional anisotropy (FA) in the corticospinal tracts originating in the hand and foot areas (independent of hemisphere and modality) for the ballet dancers () and the handball players () depicted on (a) (rmMANOVA including only the sports groups) and for the ballet dancers () and the handball players () and the control women () depicted on (b) (rmMANOVA including all three groups). Note that reduced FA reflects sport-specific skills.

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