Prediction of lower limb functional recovery after laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy: Focusing on the 10-s step test

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1389-1395

  Nakashima, Hiroaki ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^b   Ito, Keigo ^b   Machino, Masaaki ^b   Kanbara, Shunsuke ^b   Morita, Daigo ^b   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^c   Imagama, Shiro ^a   Ito, Zenya ^a   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Kaikoukai Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical compressive myelopathy; Laminoplasty; Outcome; Physical test; Step test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL COMPRESSIVE MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865020290     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2241-z     Document Type: Article

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