Suk Hoon Ohn, Deog Young Kim, Ji Cheol Shin, Seung Min Kim, Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Seung-Koo Lee, Chang-Hyun Park, Kwang-Ik Jung, Ki Un Jang, Cheong Hoon Seo, Sung Hye Koh, Bora Jung
The aim of this study was to investigate spinal cord injury (SCI) on the basis of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in patients with high-voltage electrical injury. We recruited eight high-voltage electrical injury patients and eight healthy subjects matched for age and sex. DTI and central motor conduction time were acquired in both the patient and control groups. We obtained DTI indices according to the spinal cord levels (from C2 to C7) and cross-section locations (anterior, lateral, and posterior). Fractional anisotrophy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD), and radial diffusivity (RD) were compared between the two groups; additionally, they were compared in relation to spinal cord level and cross-section location...
November 2013: Journal of Neurology