| Title: | Low Regional Homogeneity of Intrinsic Cerebellar Activity in Ankle Instability: An Externally Validated rs-fMRI Study |
| Journal: | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise |
| Published: | 28 Jul 2022 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36377051/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000002998 |
| Citations: | 3 (3 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 10379
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Abstract
PURPOSE: Joint deafferentation after post-ankle sprain ligament healing can disrupt sensory input from the ankle and induce maladaptive neuroplasticity, especially in the cerebellum. This study aimed to determine whether the regional homogeneity of intrinsic cerebellar activity differs between patients with ankle instability and healthy controls without a history of ankle injury.</p>
METHODS: The current study used a primary data set of 18 patients and 22 healthy controls and an external UK Biobank data set of 16 patients with ankle instability and 69 healthy controls for a cross-database, cross-sectional investigation. All participants underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to calculate their regional homogeneity (ReHo) value. Between-group comparisons of the sensorimotor-related subregions of the cerebellum were first performed in the primary data set to identify low cerebellar ReHo in patients with multiple comparison corrections, and the surviving subregions were then externally validated in the UK Biobank data set. Correlation analyses between the ReHo values and clinical features were also performed.</p>
RESULTS: The ReHo value of cerebellar lobule VIIIb was significantly lower in the ankle instability group than in the controls (0.170 ± 0.016 vs 0.184 ± 0.019 in the primary data set, 0.157 ± 0.026 vs 0.180 ± 0.042 in the UK Biobank data set). The ReHo values of this subregion showed a significant positive correlation with the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool scores in the ankle instability group (r = 0.553, P-corrected = 0.0348).</p>
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with ankle instability had lower intraregional coherence in cerebellar lobule VIIIb than that of controls, which was also positively correlated with the intensity of self-reported ankle instability.</p>
7 Keywords
- Ankle
- Brain
- Brain Mapping
- Cerebellum
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
12 Authors
- XIAO'AO XUE
- RONG LU
- DI ZANG
- HONG LI
- HUI ZHANG
- HANLIN XU
- QIANRU LI
- TENGJIA MA
- WEIJUN TANG
- SHUANG CHEN
- HE WANG
- YINGHUI HUA
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 62721 | Central nervous system adaptation in ankle instability. |
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