ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2021
The Restless Spinal Cord in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.
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- The rise and fall of Queckenstedt's test between 1916 and 1970, a milestone in spinal cord diagnostics and why it matters.European journal of neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Contact heat evoked potentials reveal distinct patterns of spinal cord impairment in degenerative cervical myelopathy beyond MRI lesions.European journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Preliminarily exploring the intraoperative ultrasonography characteristics of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Non-invasive biomarkers for spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) through phase-contrast MRI.Journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Influence of preprocessing, distortion correction and cardiac triggering on the quality of diffusion MR images of spinal cord.Magnetic resonance imaging · 2024Article
- Finite Element Analysis for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Scoping Review of the Current Findings and Design Approaches, Including Recommendations on the Choice of Material Properties.JMIR biomedical engineering · 2024Article
- Potential thresholds of critically increased cardiac-related spinal cord motion in degenerative cervical myelopathy.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Degenerative cervical myelopathy: Where have we been? Where are we now? Where are we going?Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Review
- Increased cranio-caudal spinal cord oscillations are the cardinal pathophysiological change in degenerative cervical myelopathy.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Could spinal cord oscillation contribute to spinal cord injury in degenerative cervical myelopathy?Brain & spine · 2023Article
- Comparison of axial and sagittal spinal cord motion measurements in degenerative cervical myelopathy.Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging · 2022Article
- A New Framework for Investigating the Biological Basis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 5]: Mechanical Stress, Vulnerability and Time.Global spine journal · 2022Article
- Spinal Cord Motion in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: The Level of the Stenotic Segment and Gender Cause Altered Pathodynamics.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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14 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
background and purposeThe spinal cord is subject to a periodic, cardiac-related movement, which is increased at the level of a cervical stenosis. Increased oscillations may exert mechanical stress on spinal cord tissue causing intramedullary damage. Motion analysis thus holds promise as a biomarker related to disease progression in degenerative cervical myelopathy. Our aim was characterization of the cervical spinal cord motion in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy. MATERIALS AND
methodsPhase-contrast MR imaging data were analyzed in 55 patients (37 men; mean age, 56.2 [SD,12.0] years; 36 multisegmental stenoses) and 18 controls (9 men,
resultsIn patients, mean craniocaudal oscillations were increased manifold at any level of a cervical stenosis (eg, C5 displacement: controls [
conclusionsPatients with degenerative cervical myelopathy show altered spinal cord motion with increased and ongoing oscillations at and also beyond the focal level of stenosis. Phase-contrast MR imaging has promise as a biomarker to reveal mechanical stress to the cord and may be applicable to predict disease progression and the impact of surgical interventions.
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