Myelopathy hand: New evidence of the classical sign

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Hosono, Noboru ^a   Makino, Takahiro ^a   Sakaura, Hironobu ^b   Mukai, Yoshihiro ^a   Fuji, Takeshi ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^b  

^a OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Finger paralysis; Uncoordinated finger motion; Wrist motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST INJURY;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 77951937822     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c6afeb     Document Type: Article

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