Prevalence of cervical cord compression and its association with physical performance in a population-based cohort in Japan: The wakayama spine study

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 1892-1898

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

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

cervical cord compression; MRI; physical performance; population based study

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CERVICAL CORD COMPRESSION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHAIR STAND TIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GRIP AND RELEASE TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONE LEG STANDING TIME; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIX MINUTE WALKING TIME; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STEP LENGTH;

EID: 85027919158     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31825a2619     Document Type: Article

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