Cervical spine surgery
Cervical spine surgery has been studied in 5 papers since 2016: 4 observational studies in people, 1 review. The newest paper, Jul 16, 2024: “Relationship between frailty and locomotive syndrome in older patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: A retrospective longitudinal study”.
5 papers study it2 findingsUpdated
“The stage distribution of locomotive syndrome improved significantly at 6-months and 1-year postoperatively.”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Humans4
What did studies of Cervical spine surgery find?
2Studies of Cervical spine surgery measured 2 outcomes; the most studied are lower extremity function (1 study) and locomotive syndrome (1).
Lower extremity function
upin humans1
1 study
Lower extremity function
upin humans1
Cervical spine surgery improves lower extremity function in humans.
“More precisely, DCM patients with frailty experienced better improvement in lower extremity function based on the JOACMEQ than did those without frailty.”
Humansdegenerative cervical myelopathy with frailtyn = 114
Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association
Locomotive syndrome
downin humans1
1 study
Locomotive syndrome
downin humans1
Cervical spine surgery decreases locomotive syndrome in humans.
“The stage distribution of locomotive syndrome improved significantly at 6-months and 1-year postoperatively.”
Humansdegenerative cervical myelopathy1 yearn = 115
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