Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy with Acupotomy Combined with Korean Medicine Treatments: Two Clinical Cases [PDF]
Journal of Acupuncture Research, 2021 The degenerative spinal cord disease cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), and cervical myelopathy caused by trauma, can result in debilitating symptoms affecting quality of life.
Yu-Kyeong Park +6 more
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Utilization of a novel digital measurement tool for quantitative assessment of upper extremity motor dexterity: a controlled pilot study. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundThe current methods of assessing motor function rely primarily on the clinician's judgment of the patient's physical examination and the patient's self-administered surveys.
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Cervical Laminoplasty for Multilevel Cervical Myelopathy
Advances in Orthopedics, 2011 Cervical spondylotic myelopathy can result from degenerative cervical spondylosis, herniated disk material, osteophytes, redundant ligamentum flavum, or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Surgical intervention for multi-level myelopathy
Murali Krishna Sayana +2 more
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Potential use of diffusion tensor imaging in level diagnosis of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy [PDF]
, 2014 STUDY DESIGN.: A prospective study on a series of consecutive patients. OBJECTIVE.: To investigate the use of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and orientation entropy in level localization in patients diagnosed with multilevel cervical spondylotic ...
Cui, Jiaolong +4 more
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The natural history of degenerative cervical myelopathy and the rate of hospitalization following spinal cord injury: an updated systematic review [PDF]
, 2017 Study Method: Systematic review (update). Objective: Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a degenerative spine disease and the most common cause of spinal cord dysfunction in adults worldwide.
Arnold, Paul M. +6 more
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Clinical and Radiological Parameters Predict Functional Improvement following Surgical Intervention [PDF]
, 2020 Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), defined as "compression of the spinal cord in the cervical area of the spine", which ranges widely in severity and mechanism.
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Relationship between developmental canal stenosis and surgical results of anterior decompression and fusion in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) has long been the preferred treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). However, few studies have focused on surgical results of CSM in patients with developmental canal stenosis (DCS)
Jie Li +6 more
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Universidad Médica Pinareña, 2020 Introduction: cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a common disease, which accounts for a quarter of all upper-limb paresthesia. Anterior graft discectomy is one of the most widely used surgical techniques in the world to treat this disease. Objective: to
Juan Pablo Carballido Sánchez +2 more
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Quantitative assessment of column-specific degeneration in cervical spondylotic myelopathy based on diffusion tensor tractography [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a common spinal cord disorder in the elderly. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been shown to be of great value for evaluating the microstructure of nerve tracts in the spinal cord.
Chan, Tinyan +5 more
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Trial-to-trial latency variability of somatosensory evoked potentials as a prognostic indicator for surgical management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy [PDF]
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