Validity of the 10-s step test: Prospective study comparing it with the 10-s grip and release test and the 30-m walking test

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1318-1322

  Nakashima, Hiroaki ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^b   Ito, Keigo ^b   MacHino, Masaaki ^b   Kanbara, Shunsuke ^b   Morita, Daigo ^b   Imagama, Shiro ^a   Hamajima, Nobuyuki ^c   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cervical myelopathy; Objective; Physical test; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

10 S GRIP TEST; 30 M WALKING TEST; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL COMPRESSIVE MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LAMINOPLASTY; LEG MOVEMENT; LOWER LIMB FUNCTION SECTION OF THE JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION CERVICAL MYELOPATHY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELEASE TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83255175663     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1733-6     Document Type: Article

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