Surgery versus nonsurgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy: A prospective, randomized study comparing surgery plus physiotherapy with physiotherapy alone with a 2-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1715-1722

  Engquist, Markus ^a,b   Löfgren, Håkan ^a   Öberg, Birgitta ^c   Holtz, Anders ^d   Peolsson, Anneli ^c   Söderlund, Anne ^e   Vavruch, Ludek ^a   Lind, Bengt ^a,f  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Göteborg Spine Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anterior cervical decompression and fusion; cervical radiculopathy; cervical spondylosis; disc degeneration; outcome; physiotherapy; randomized; randomized controlled trial; surgery

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FUSION IMPLANT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884816875     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31829ff095     Document Type: Article

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