Microstructural integrity of white matter tracts amongst older fallers: A DTI study

Yoke Queen Wong, Li Kuo Tan, Pohchoo Seow, Maw Pin Tan, Khairul Azmi Abd Kadir, Anushya Vijayananthan and Norlisah Ramli

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Objectives: This study assesses the whole brain microstructural integrity of white matter tracts (WMT) among older individuals with a history of falls compared to non-fallers. Methods: 85 participants (43 fallers, 42 non-fallers) were evaluated with conventional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) sequences of the brain. DTI metrics were obtained from selected WMT using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) method. This was followed by binary logistic regression to investigate the clinical variables that could act as confounding elements on the outcomes. The TBSS analysis was then repeated, but this time including all significant predictor variables from the regression analysis as TBSS covariates. Results: The mean diffusivity (MD) and axial diffusivity (AD) and to a lesser extent radial diffusivity (RD) values of the projection fibers and commissural bundles were significantly different in fallers (p

Date: 2017
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