In Vivo Characterization of Cerebellar Peduncles in Chronic Ankle Instability : A Single and Multishell Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Study

BACKGROUND: Ankle sprain causes proprioceptor injuries and prolonged joint deafferentation, which might lead to maladaptive neuroplasticity in patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI), especially in the cerebellum. Previous studies have indicated the impairment of superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP), but the inferior cerebellar peduncle (ICP) and middle cerebellar peduncle (MCP) have not been fully analyzed.

HYPOTHESIS: The cerebellar peduncles of participants with CAI would have altered fractional anisotropy (FA) and orientation dispersion index (ODI) in comparison with healthy controls without ankle injury history. In addition, FA and ODI would be correlated with the duration or severity of the sensorimotor deficits in CAI.

STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3.

METHODS: A group of 27 participants with CAI and 26 healthy controls underwent diffusion-weighted imaging scanning, with the cerebellar peduncles as the regions of interest. The measures obtained by single-shell diffusion tensor imaging and the multishell neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging were used. Correlation analyses were performed to examine the potential relationship between the FA/ODI and both the normalized Y-balance scores and the durations of ankle instability.

RESULTS: The ipsilateral ICP of the injured ankle in participants with CAI showed significantly lower FA (Cohen d 95% CI, -1.33 to -0.21; P = 0.04) and marginally significant higher ODI (Cohen d 95% CI, 0.10 to 1.20, P = 0.08) when compared with the same measures in the control group, with the ODI being positively correlated with the duration of ankle instability (r = 0.42, P = 0.03).

CONCLUSION: The ICP in participants with CAI exhibited impaired integrity and a trend of abnormally organized neurites in comparison with a healthy control group.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The impairments of ICP might be an ongoing part of the pathological process of CAI, having the potential to become a target for the diagnostic evaluation of this clinical entity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Sports health - 16(2024), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 38-46

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xue, Xiao'ao [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ziyi [VerfasserIn]
Sheng, Dandan [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Zhengbiao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shiyin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ailin [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Weijun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Hua, Yinghui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ankle injuries
Central nervous system
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging
Journal Article
Neuronal plasticity
White matter

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Date Completed 21.12.2023

Date Revised 03.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/19417381231156544

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366029622