Changes in the corticospinal tract after wearing prosthesis in bilateral transtibial amputation
- Authors
- Lee, Sang Yoon; Kang, Si Hyun; Kim, Don-Kyu; Seo, Kyung Mook; Ro, Hee Joon; Kim, Jae Kyun
- Issue Date
- Oct-2017
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
- Keywords
- Prosthetics; rehabilitation of prostheses; diffusion tensor imaging; corticospinal tract
- Citation
- PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS INTERNATIONAL, v.41, no.5, pp 507 - 511
- Pages
- 5
- Journal Title
- PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS INTERNATIONAL
- Volume
- 41
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 507
- End Page
- 511
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/3826
- DOI
- 10.1177/0309364616684216
- ISSN
- 0309-3646
1746-1553
- Abstract
- Background: After amputation, the brain is known to be reorganized especially in the primary motor cortex. We report a case to show changes in the corticospinal tract in a patient with serial bilateral transtibial amputations using diffusion tensor imaging. Case Description and Methods: A 78-year-old man had a transtibial amputation on his left side in 2008 and he underwent a right transtibial amputation in 2011. An initial brain magnetic resonance imaging with a diffusion tensor imaging was performed before starting rehabilitation on his right transtibial prosthesis, and a follow-up magnetic resonance imaging with diffusion tensor imaging was performed 2 years after this. Findings and Outcomes: In the initial diffusion tensor imaging, the number of fiber lines in his right corticospinal tract was larger than that in his left corticospinal tract. At follow-up diffusion tensor imaging, there was no definite difference in the number of fiber lines between both corticospinal tracts. Conclusion: We found that side-to-side corticospinal tract differences were equalized after using bilateral prostheses.
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