Rehabilitation outcome of individuals with nontraumatic myelopathy resulting from spinal stenosis

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-136

  McKinley, William O ^a   Tellis, Angelo A ^a   Cifu, David X ^a   Johnson, Michele A ^a   Kubal, Wayne S ^a   Keyser Marcus, Lori ^a   Musgrove, John J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Spinal cord injury; Spinal stenosis; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAUDA EQUINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032042983     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.1998.11719521     Document Type: Article

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