Cervical spondylosis anatomy: Pathophysiology and biomechanics

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Shedid, Daniel ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Cervical spondylosis; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TUMOR; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VERTEBRAL CANAL; PATHOLOGY; SPONDYLOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 33846141185     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000215430.86569.C4     Document Type: Review

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