Correlation between pyramidal signs and the severity of cervical myelopathy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1684-1689

  Chikuda, Hirotaka ^a   Seichi, Atsushi ^b   Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Shoda, Naoki ^a   Ono, Takashi ^a   Matsudaira, Ko ^a   Kawaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babinski sign; Clonus; Hoffmann reflex; Long tract sign; Neurological examination; Pyramidal sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE CLONUS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLAR TENDON REFLEX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RADICULOPATHY; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 78349311100     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1364-3     Document Type: Article

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