Prevalence of physical signs in cervical myelopathy: A prospective, controlled study

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 890-895

  Rhee, John M ^a   Heflin, John A ^b   Hamasaki, Takahiko ^b   Freedman, Brett ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Babinski; Cervical myelopathy; Hoffman sign; Hyperreflexia; clonus; Inverted radial reflex; Long tract signs; My elopathic signs; Physical signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, BABINSKI; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 67650686050     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819c944b     Document Type: Article

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