Radiographic predictors for the development of myelopathy in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: A multicenter cohort study

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2648-2650

  Matsunaga, Shunji ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^b   Seichi, Atsushi ^b   Yokoyama, Toru ^c   Toh, Satoshi ^c   Ichimura, Shoichi ^d   Satomi, Kazuhiko ^d   Endo, Kenji ^e   Yamamoto, Kengo ^e   Kato, Yoshiharu ^f   Ito, Tatsuo ^f   Tokuhashi, Yasuaki ^g   Uchida, Kenzo ^h   Baba, Hisatoshi ^h   Kawahara, Norio ⁱ   Tomita, Katsuro ⁱ   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^j   Ishiguro, Naoki ^j   Iwasaki, Motoki ^k   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^k   Yonenobu, Kazuo ^l   Kawakami, Mamoru ^m   Yoshida, Munehito ^m   Inoue, Shinsuke ⁿ   Tani, Toshikazu ⁿ   Kaneko, Kazuo ^o   Taguchi, Toshihiko ^o   Imakiire, Takanori ^a   Komiya, Setsuro ^p   more..

^a Imakiire General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

ⁱ KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^k OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^m WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^o YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^p KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

CT; Dynamic factor; Myelopathy; OPLL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; JAPAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58949090199     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817f988c     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Matsunaga S, Sakou T, Taketomi E, et al. The natural course of myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1994;305:168-77.
2. Morio Y, Nagashima H, Teshima R, et al. Radiographical pathogenesis of cervical myelopathy in 60 consecutive patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Spinal Cord 1999;37:853-7.