Clinical correlations of cervical myelopathy and the Hoffmann sign

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-242

  Houten, John K ^a   Noce, Louis A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Babinski sign; Cervical spine; Hoffmann sign; Hyperreflexia; Modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, BABINSKI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 55249100962     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/9/237     Document Type: Article

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