Research Article

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

Table 4

The mfALFF values of these clusters were extracted for every participant and compared between each pair of the three groups in traditional band.

MNI coordinatesBrain regionContrast-value value

60 -21 -30Temporal_Inf_R (aal)pre vs. con4.3510.0003
pos vs. pre0.73710.478
pos vs. con2.9610.0075

-9 -87 6Calcarine_L (aal)pre vs. con4.640.0001
pos vs. pre1.1030.2959
pos vs. con4.0280.0006

-6 -15 12Thalamus_L (aal)pre vs. con3.8760.0009
pos vs. pre0.58640.5706
pos vs. con3.1580.0047

Temporal_Inf_R (aal): inferior temporal gyrus; Calcarine_L (aal): calcarine fissure and surrounding cortex; Thalamus_L (aal): thalamus.