Clinical syndromes associated with disproportionate weakness of the upper versus the lower extremities after cervical spinal cord injury

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 179-185

  Levi, Allan D O ^a,c   Tator, Charles H ^a   Bunge, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central cord syndrome; Cruciate paralysis; Human; Pyramidal tract; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; LOCOMOTION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARM; HAND; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PARALYSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0030051189     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199601000-00039     Document Type: Review

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