Motor evoked potential is useful for monitoring the effect of collar therapy in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 222-228

  Misra, U K ^a   Kalita, J ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Cortical stimulation; Evoked potentials; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 0032485035     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00275-X     Document Type: Article

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