Measurement of motor conduction in the thoracolumbar cord: A possible predictor of surgical outcome in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

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Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 485-491

  Chang, Chein Wei ^a,b   Lin, Swei Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cervical spondylotic myelopathy; motor evoked potential; spinal cord motor conduction velocity; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030064719     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199602150-00014     Document Type: Article

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