Assessment of cervical myelopathy using transcranial magnetic stimulation and prediction of prognosis after laminoplasty

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Takahashi, Jun ^a   Hirabayashi, Hiroki ^a   Hashidate, Hiroyuki ^a   Ogihara, Nobuhiro ^a   Yamazaki, Ikuya ^b   Kamimura, Mikio ^c   Ebara, Sohei ^d   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagano Matsushiro Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kamimura Clinic   (Japan)

^d Chigasaki Tokushukai Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central motor conduction time; Cervical myelopathy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS MUSCLE; ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LAMINOPLASTY; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37649000894     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815e5dae     Document Type: Article

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