Painful camptocormia: The relevance of shaking your patient's hand

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.2, 2010, Pages

  Dupeyron, Arnaud ^a,b   Stober, Nina ^a   Gelis, Anthony ^a   Castelnovo, Giovani ^a   Labauge, Pierre ^a,c   Pélissier, Jacques ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Camptocormia; Muscular atrophy; Myotonic dystrophy; Posture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE DISEASE;

BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POSTURAL BALANCE; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 79551642401     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1086-6     Document Type: Article

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