A simple performance test for quantifying the severity of cervical myelopathy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1210-1213

  Hosono, N ^a   Sakaura, H ^a,b   Mukai, Y ^a   Kaito, T ^a   Makino, T ^a   Yoshikawa, H ^a,b  

^a OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FINGERS; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53649090193     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B9.20459     Document Type: Article

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