Validation of a translated version of the modified Japanese orthopaedic association score to assess outcomes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: An approach to globalize outcomes assessment tools

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1013-1016

  Bartels, Ronald H M A ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^b   Fehlings, Michael G ^c   Guiot, Bernard H ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d South Denver Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy outcome; Grading scale; MJOA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NETHERLANDS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951680293     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000368391.79314.6F     Document Type: Article

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