VOI | Anatomical location (x y z stereotaxic coordinate) | Mean BOLD change (%) | F statistic | p Value | ||
Low PCS group 1 | Moderate PCS group 2 | Control group 3 | ||||
Verbal working memory | ||||||
VOI 1 | Left middle frontal gyrus (−38 42 16) | 0.230 | −0.033* | 0.366 | 4.069 | 0.03 |
VOI 2 | Right middle frontal gyrus (36 36 22) | 0.010* | 0.007* | 0.480 | 8.545 | 0.002 |
VOI 3 | Right middle frontal gyrus (36 28 26) | 0.135 | −0.026* | 0.337 | 4.667 | 0.02 |
Non-verbal working memory | ||||||
VOI 4 | Right middle frontal gyrus (34 38 18) | 0.029* | 0.116* | 0.431 | 7.029 | 0.004 |
VOI 5 | Left middle frontal gyrus (−36 34 18) | 0.239 | −0.038* | 0.265 | 3.497 | 0.05 |
BOLD, blood oxygen level dependent; PCS, post concussive symptoms; VOI, volume of interest.
*Significantly different from control group 3 (p<0.05).