ReviewCurrent reviews in musculoskeletal medicine2016
Cervical radiculopathy.
Review in Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 112 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Contralateral Neural Tissue Mobilization for Cervical Radiculopathy: An Exploratory Study
Effects of Electrical Muscle Stimulation Applied Concurrently With Active Movement and Exercise Therapy in Cervical Radiculopathy: A Randomized Trial
Effect of a Home-Based Exercise Program After Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Cervical Radiculopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
112 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of acupotomy combined with nerve block therapy for cervical radiculopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for cervical radiculopathy: a meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2022Pooled it
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- Cost-effectiveness of posterior versus anterior surgery for cervical radiculopathy: results from a multicentre randomised non-inferiority trial (FACET).European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Trial
- Ultrasound-guided injection acupotomy as a minimally invasive intervention therapy for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy: a randomized control trial.Annals of medicine · 2023Trial
- What is success of treatment? Expected outcome scores in cervical radiculopathy patients were much higher than the previously reported cut-off values for success.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022Trial
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- Effects of Neurodynamic Mobilization on Health-Related Quality of Life and Cervical Deep Flexors Endurance in Patients of Cervical Radiculopathy: A Randomized Trial.BioMed research international · 2022Trial
- Evaluation of rehabilitation effect of five-step exercises on patients with radiculopathy of cervical vertebra.Medicine · 2020Trial
- A randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of surgical and nonsurgical treatment for cervical radiculopathy.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Trial
- Mass-Spectrometry-Identified Quality Markers of Jingtong Granules Are Predicted to Engage Upregulated Neutrophil Granule Enzymes in Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy: An Integrative Machine-Learning and Molecular-Dynamics Study.Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM · 2026Article
- The impact of operative level on reoperation rates and short-term patient-reported outcomes in 3-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Cervical disc arthroplasty has higher preoperative costs than anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a retrospective analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Research Progress on Low-Temperature Plasma Nucleoplasty and Targeted Radiofrequency for Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy: A Retrospective Review.Pain and therapy · 2026Review
- Neurofunctional Changes Following Multimodal Rehabilitation Treatment in Patients with Cervical Spondylosis: An Exploratory Electrophysiological Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Full-Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Decompression Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Global spine journal · 2026Review
- Investigation of the interaction between shoulder and cervical vertebral pathologies in isolated shoulder pain: clinical and morphological aspects.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- (Cost-)Effectiveness of personalised multimodal physiotherapy compared to surgery in patients with painful cervical radiculopathy. Protocol for a randomised non-inferiority trial (The MOVE-IT study).Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Comparison of surgical outcomes between posterior percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy and microscope-assisted ACDF in patients with single-level unilateral radicular symptomatology of cervical disc herniation: a single-center retrospective study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026Article
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Abstract
Cervical radiculopathy is a common clinical scenario. Patients with radiculopathy typically present with neck pain, arm pain, or both. We review the epidemiology of cervical radiculopathy and discuss the diagnosis of this condition. This includes an overview of the pertinent findings on the patient history and physical examination. We also discuss relevant clinical syndromes that must be considered in the differential diagnosis including peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes and shoulder pathology. The natural history of cervical radiculopathy is reviewed and options for management are discussed. These options include conservative management, non-operative modalities such as physical therapy, steroid injections, and operative intervention. While the exact indications for surgical intervention have not yet been elucidated, we provide an overview of the available literature regarding indications and discuss the timing of intervention. The surgical outcomes of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF), cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA), and posterior cervical foraminotomy (PCF) are discussed.
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