Conservative treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Prediction of treatment effects by multivariate analysis

Spine Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 269-273

  Yoshimatsu, Hiroki ^a   Nagata, Kensei ^a   Goto, Hiroshi ^a   Sonoda, Kyosuke ^a   Ando, Noriyuki ^a   Imoto, Hiroki ^a   Mashima, Takeru ^a   Takamiya, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical continuous traction; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Conservative treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043289989     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(01)00082-1     Document Type: Article

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