A new performance test for cervical myelopathy: The triangle step test

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-35

  Mihara, Hisanori ^a   Kondo, Soichi ^a   Murata, Atsushi ^a   Ishida, Koh ^a   Niimura, Takanori ^a   Hachiya, Masashi ^a  

^a Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Performance test; Triangle step test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTION TEST; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIANGLE STEP TEST; VALIDITY;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 76149101262     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b839b0     Document Type: Article

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