ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Quantitative Assessment of Gait Characteristics in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Prospective Clinical Study.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Gait analysis methods in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Capital Flexion Exercise on Craniovertebral Angle, Trunk Control, Balance, and Gait in Stroke Patients with Forward Head Posture: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- Treating peripheral neuropathy in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus with intraneural facilitation: a single blind randomized control trial.The Journal of international medical research · 2022Trial
- Enhanced measures to quantify gait and balance impairment in degenerative cervical myelopathy: A prospective cohort study.North American Spine Society journal · 2026Article
- Enhanced Gait Variability Index in Neurological and Geriatric Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review.NeuroRehabilitation · 2026Article
- Association between grip strength and walking pace with incidence of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a UK biobank observational study.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 · 2026Observational
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and degenerative cervical myelopathy: phenotype-based diagnostic pitfalls, investigative mismatch, and practical clinical reasoning.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Anterior cervical decompression improves medial plantar pressure in OPLL with gait disturbance: a 24-month retrospective cohort study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms and signs of degenerative cervical myelopathy: A prospective study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Understanding degenerative cervical myelopathy in musculoskeletal practice.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Review
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- Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: History, Physical Examination, and Diagnosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The Frequency of Symptoms in Patients With a Diagnosis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Results of a Scoping Review.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- Characterizing mJOA-defined post-surgical recovery patterns in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy.World neurosurgery: X · 2024Article
- Potential thresholds of critically increased cardiac-related spinal cord motion in degenerative cervical myelopathy.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
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- Provision and Perception of Physiotherapy in the Nonoperative Management of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM): A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire of People Living With DCM.Global spine journal · 2022Article
- Gait assessment tools for degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2022Review
- Imaging and Electrophysiology for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 9].Global spine journal · 2022Article
- Gait cycle time variability in patients with knee osteoarthritis and its possible associating factors.Journal of physical therapy science · 2022Article
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Abstract
It is challenging to discriminate the early presentation of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) as well as sensitively and accurately distinguishing between mild, moderate, and severe levels of impairment. As gait dysfunction is one of the cardinal symptoms of DCM, we hypothesized that spatiotemporal gait parameters, including the enhanced gait variability index (eGVI), could be used to sensitively discriminate between different severities of DCM. A total of 153 patients recently diagnosed with DCM were recruited and stratified on the basis of DCM severity grades, as measured using the modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) scale. Demographic information and neurological status were collected. Gait assessments were performed using an 8 m walkway. Spearman rank correlation was used to identify relationships between gait parameters and mJOA values as well as the mJOA lower extremity (LE) subscore. Kruskal-Wallis H test was performed to evaluate differences between severity groups, as defined by mJOA classification. A significant and relatively strong correlation was found between the mJOA score and eGVI, as well as between the LE subscore of the mJOA and eGVI. Significant differences in the eGVI (X
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