The assessment of cervical myelopathy

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Salvi, Frank J ^a   Jones, John C ^b   Weigert, Bonnie J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial neck pain; Cervical myelopathy; Radiculopathy; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

BLADDER FUNCTION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 33750609605     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.05.006     Document Type: Review

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