Conservative treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Achievement and sustainability of a level of 'no disability'

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-179

  Nakamura, Kozo ^a   Kurokawa, Takahide ^a   Hoshino, Yuichi ^a   Saita, Kazuo ^a   Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Kawaguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Conservative treatment; Myelopathy; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031900332     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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