Decreased sympathetic outflow to muscles in patients with cervical spondylosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-246

  Shindo, K ^a   Tsunoda, S ^a   Shiozawa, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Microneurography; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Neurologic symptoms of a vascular nature; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0030850382     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00276.x     Document Type: Article

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