Association between Severe Upper Limb Spasticity and Brain Lesion Location in Stroke Patients

Table 2

Brain regions associated with severe upper limb spasticity.

Region	𝑥	𝑦	𝑧	LB z max	𝑛 voxels
Insula	33	−7	20	3.784	12
Caudate	19	−13	21	3.827	56
Putamen	28	4	13	3.827	256
Pallidum	22	5	2	3.467	8
Thalamus	22	−17	4	3.467	65
Anterior limb of internal capsule	21	22	0	3.643	10
Posterior limb of internal capsule	26	−25	17	3.827	136
Retrolenticular part of internal capsule	23	−25	4	3.467	174
Anterior corona radiate	21	23	−1	3.643	149
Superior corona radiate	29	−6	19	4.188	226
Posterior corona radiate	26	−25	19	3.827	184
External capsule	28	4	13	3.827	159
Superior longitudinal fasciculus	30	−5	21	4.188	133

For each region, the Montreal Neurological Institute coordinates of the centre of mass are provided along with the maximum Liebermeister (LB) z statistic in each cluster and the number (𝑛) of clustering voxels that survived the threshold of 𝑃<0.05, false discovery rate corrected.