The influence of proprioceptive impairment on hand function in patients with cervical myelopathy

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Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1580-1584

  Doita, Minoru ^a,d   Sakai, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Toshihiko ^b   Nishida, Kotaro ^a   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kaneko, Tasuku ^c   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Hospital   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Hand function; Light touch sensation; Myelopathy; Position sense; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOUCH;

EID: 33745246890     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000222034.78210.43     Document Type: Article

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