Ten second step test as a new quantifiable parameter of cervical myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-86

  Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^a   Ito, Keigo ^a   Horie, Yumiko ^a   Nakashima, Hiroaki ^a   Masaaki, MacHino ^a   Ito, Zen Ya ^a   Wakao, Norimitsu ^a  

^a CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Decompressive surgery; Quantifiable; Reproducible; Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; BLADDER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; HAND STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 61749086799     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818e2b19     Document Type: Article

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