Neural Plasticity

Research Article

Predictors of Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Prolonged Consciousness Disorder

Table 2

Each diffusion parameter of patients with prolonged consciousness disorders due to brain injury.


Number	FA at the first scan	FA at the second scan	Difference in FA from the first to the second scan	VsFA0.4 at the first scan	VsFA0.4 at the second scan	Difference in VsFA0.4 from the first to the second scan	MD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] at the first scan	MD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] at the second scan	Difference in MD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] from the first to the second scan	AD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] at the first scan	AD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] at the second scan	Difference in AD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] from the first to the second scan	RD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] at the first scan	RD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] at the second scan	Difference in RD [×10⁻³ mm²/s] from the first to the second scan

1	0.21	0.21	0.00	21895	23414	−1519	1.52	1.66	−0.14	1.83	2.00	−0.17	1.37	1.49	−0.12
2	0.24	0.22	0.01	47948	39756	8192	1.48	1.40	0.08	1.82	1.71	0.11	1.31	1.25	0.06
3	0.22	0.21	0.01	35733	30750	4983	1.42	1.46	−0.04	1.74	1.77	−0.03	1.26	1.30	−0.05
4	0.22	0.21	0.01	30267	26690	3577	1.36	1.41	−0.05	1.66	1.71	−0.05	1.22	1.27	−0.05
5	0.22	0.22	0.00	31767	30802	965	1.56	1.62	−0.06	1.90	1.97	−0.07	1.39	1.44	−0.05
6	0.29	0.25	0.04	77478	55501	21977	1.43	1.52	−0.09	1.84	1.89	−0.06	1.23	1.33	−0.10
7	0.24	0.22	0.02	37712	29094	8618	1.17	1.18	−0.02	1.48	1.46	0.02	1.01	1.05	−0.04
8	0.28	0.21	0.07	84429	39949	44480	1.39	1.38	0.02	1.81	1.67	0.14	1.19	1.23	−0.04
9	0.21	0.21	0.00	24037	26024	−1987	1.67	1.66	0.01	2.02	2.00	0.01	1.49	1.49	0.01
10	0.19	0.19	0.00	28011	21844	6167	1.47	1.54	−0.07	1.74	1.83	−0.09	1.33	1.39	−0.07
11	0.29	0.24	0.05	72447	40235	32212	1.39	1.30	0.09	1.80	1.62	0.18	1.18	1.14	0.05
12	0.22	0.21	0.01	37434	33854	3580	1.43	1.50	−0.07	1.74	1.80	−0.06	1.28	1.34	−0.07
13	0.22	0.20	0.03	26234	17710	8524	1.52	1.51	0.00	1.86	1.82	0.04	1.34	1.36	−0.02
14	0.26	0.25	0.00	56620	46882	9738	1.81	1.47	0.34	2.27	1.86	0.41	1.58	1.28	0.30

FA: fractional anisotropy; VsFA0.4: number of voxels with a fractional anisotropy value greater than 0.4 in the whole brain; MD: mean diffusivity; AD: axial diffusivity; RD: radial diffusivity.