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ArticleBrain & spine2026

Prehabilitation in degenerative cervical myelopathy: An underexplored opportunity to optimize outcomes.

Maryse Fortin, Rohil V Chauhan, Timothy F Boerger, Chanelle Montpetit, Adam Kobaisi, Justin M Lantz, Vishal Kumar, Joshua Plener, Andreas K Demetriades, Lianne Wood and 7 more

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Article in Brain & spine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Maryse FortinDepartment of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Rohil V ChauhanDepartment of Orthopaedic Physiotherapy, Auckland Spine Surgery Centre, Auckland, New Zealand.
Timothy F BoergerJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Chanelle MontpetitDepartment of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Adam KobaisiDepartment of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Justin M LantzDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Vishal KumarDepartment of Orthopaedics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Joshua PlenerDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Andreas K DemetriadesEdinburgh Spinal Surgery Outcome Studies Group, Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, UK.
Lianne WoodDepartment of Public Health and Sports Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Ozm DastagirDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Caroline TreanorNational Neurosurgical Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Georgios ToumbasDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Carlo AmmendoliaDepartment of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Nicky WilsonDepartment of Physiotherapy, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
David B AndersonSydney School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
RECODE-DCM Perioperative Rehabilitation Incubator

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Abstract

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