Assessment of forearm pronation strength in C6 and C7 radiculopathies

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-75

  Rainville, James ^a,b   Noto, Damon J ^c   Jouve, Cristin ^a,b   Jenis, Louis ^a,d,e  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New Jersey Spine Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^d Boston Spine Group   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Clinical examination; Diagnostic accuracy; Physical examination; Radiculopathy; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONATOR TERES;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRONATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 33846110270     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000251002.39417.2c     Document Type: Article

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