Simple foot tapping test as a quantitative objective assessment of cervical myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-113

  Numasawa, Takuya ^a   Ono, Atsushi ^a   Wada, Kanichiro ^a   Yamasaki, Yoshihito ^a   Yokoyama, Toru ^b   Aburakawa, Shuichi ^c   Takeuchi, Kazunari ^d   Kumagai, Gentaro ^c   Kudo, Hitoshi ^d   Umeda, Takashi ^e   Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^e   Toh, Satoshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Odate Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^c AOMORI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Akita Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^e HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cervical myelopathy; foot tapping test; lower extremity; motor function; quantitative assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT TAPPING TEST; FUNCTION TEST; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADICULOPATHY; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855451553     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31821041f8     Document Type: Article

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