Decreased strength and mobility in patients after anterior cervical diskectomy compared with healthy subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1043-1047

  Ylinen, Jari J ^a   Savolainen, Sakari ^b   Airaksinen, Olavi ^b   Kautiainen, Hannu ^c   Salo, Petri ^a   Häkkinen, Arja ^a  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical pain; Disk; Diskectomy; Herniated; Neck; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISCKETOMY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOOD; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037817616     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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