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18757962

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
We evaluated 30 patients with cervical myelopathy before and after decompressive surgery and compared them with 42 healthy controls. All were asked to grip and release their fingers as rapidly as possible for 15 seconds. Films recorded with a digital camera were divided into three files of five seconds each. Three doctors independently counted the number of grip and release cycles in a blinded manner (N1 represents the number of cycles for the first five-second segment, N2 for the second and N3 for the third). N1 [corrected] N2 and N3 of the pre-operative group were significantly fewer than those of the control group, and the post-operative [corrected] group's results were significantly fewer [corrected] than those of the pre-operative group. In the control group, the numbers decreased significantly with each succeeding five-second interval (fatigue phenomenon). In the pre-operative myelopathy group there was no significant difference between N1 and N2 (freezing phenomenon). The 15-second test is shown to be reliable in the quantitative evaluation of cervical myelopathy. Although it requires a camera and animation files, it can detect small changes in neurological status because of its precise and objective nature.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1210-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
A simple performance test for quantifying the severity of cervical myelopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Kosei-nenkin Hospital, Fukushima 4-2-78, Osaka 553-0003, Japan. hosono-n@umin.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Validation Studies