• Arch Clin Neuropsychol · Feb 2015

    Diffusion tensor imaging findings and postconcussion symptom reporting six weeks following mild traumatic brain injury.

    • Rael T Lange, William J Panenka, Jason R Shewchuk, Manraj K S Heran, Jeffrey R Brubacher, Sylvain Bioux, Ryan Eckbo, Martha E Shenton, and Grant L Iverson.
    • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Bethesda, MD, USA Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada rael.lange@gmail.com rael.t.lange@us.army.mil.
    • Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2015 Feb 1;30(1):7-25.

    AbstractThe purpose of this study is to examine the relation between the microstructural architecture of white matter, as measured by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and postconcussion symptom reporting 6-8 weeks following mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Participants were 108 patients prospectively recruited from a Level 1 Trauma Center (Vancouver, BC, Canada) following an orthopedic injury [i.e., 36 trauma controls (TCs)] or MTBI (n = 72). DTI of the whole brain was undertaken using a Phillips 3T scanner at 6-8 weeks postinjury. Participants also completed a 5 h neurocognitive test battery and a brief battery of self-report measures (e.g., depression, anxiety, and postconcussion symptoms). The MTBI sample was divided into two groups based on ICD-10 criteria for postconcussional syndrome (PCS): first, PCS-present (n = 20) and second, PCS-absent (n = 52). There were no significant differences across the three groups (i.e., TC, PCS-present, and PCS-absent) for any of the neurocognitive measures (p = .138-.810). For the self-report measures, the PCS-present group reported significantly more anxiety and depression symptoms compared with the PCS-absent and TC groups (p < .001, d = 1.63-1.89, very large effect sizes). For the DTI measures, there were no significant differences in fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity, radial diffusivity, or mean diffusivity when comparing the PCS-present and PCS-absent groups. However, there were significant differences (p < .05) in MD and RD when comparing the PCS-present and TC groups. There were significant differences in white matter between TC subjects and the PCS-present MTBI group, but not the PCS-absent MTBI group. Within the MTBI group, white-matter changes were not a significant predictor of ICD-10 PCS.© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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