The prevalence of cervical myelopathy among subjects with narrow cervical spinal canal in a population-based magnetic resonance imaging study: The Wakayama Spine Study

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2811-2817

  Nagata, Keiji ^a   Yoshimura, Noriko ^b   Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Muraki, Shigeyuki ^c   Ishimoto, Yuyu ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Takiguchi, Noboru ^a   Nakagawa, Yukihiro ^a   Minamide, Akihito ^a   Oka, Hiroyuki ^b   Kawaguchi, Hiroshi ^d   Nakamura, Kozo ^e   Akune, Toru ^c   Yoshida, Munehito ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spine; Epidemiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Population based cohort; Spinal canal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; X RAY FILM; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

AGED; CERVICAL CORD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84919383301     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.03.051     Document Type: Article

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