The Effect of Swallowing Action Observation Therapy on Resting fMRI in Stroke Patients with Dysphagia

Table 3

Difference in brain regions of mfALFF between stroke patients before treatment and healthy controls.

Brain area	Voxel size	MNI coordinates	Peak -value
Conventional band (0.01-0.08 Hz)
Temporal_Inf_R	72	60 -21 -30	7.3028
Calcarine_L	145	-9 -87 6	-5.7019
Thalamus_L	49	-6 -15 12	-4.9552
Slow-4 band: 0.027-0.073
NA
Slow-5 band: 0.01-0.027
Cerebellum_7b_L	54	-24 -75 -54	5.1098
Temporal_Inf_L	50	-33 -9 -45	5.6083
Calcarine_L	672	-12 -87 9	-6.6743
Frontal_Mid_R	89	42 30 45	5.5876

: statistical value of mfALFF differences between the two groups (negative values: patients before treatment<healthy controls; positive values: patients before treatment>healthy controls); MNI: Montreal Neurological Institute Coordinate System or Template; Temporal_Inf_R: inferior temporal gyrus; Calcarine_L: calcarine fissure and surrounding cortex; Thalamus_L: thalamus; Cerebellum_7b_L: inferior cerebellum; Frontal_Mid_R: middle frontal gyrus.