Rapid opening and closing of the hand as a measure of early neurologic recovery in the upper extremity after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-108

  Prabhu, Krishna ^a   Babu, K Srinivas ^a   Samuel, Sony ^a   Chacko, Ari G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical corpectomy; Hand; Muscle spasticity; Myelopathy; Rehabilitation; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRITHING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11444268860     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.01.037     Document Type: Article

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