Radicular Symptoms, Myelopathic Symptoms Including Spastic and Amyotrophic Hand

Cervical Spondylosis and Similar Disorders, pp. 181-222 (1998) No AccessRadicular Symptoms, Myelopathic Symptoms Including Spastic and Amyotrophic HandK. ONO, T. OHWADA, T. OHKOHCHI, and S. EBARAK. ONODepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Kosei-nenkin Hospital, Fukushima, Osaka 553, Japan, T. OHWADADepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Kosei-nenkin Hospital, Fukushima, Osaka 553, Japan, T. OHKOHCHIDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Kosei-nenkin Hospital, Fukushima, Osaka 553, Japan, and S. EBARADepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi, Matumoto 390, Japanhttps://doi.org/10.1142/9789812812704_0009Cited by:0 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Abstract: Symptoms which arise in cervical spondylosis can be categorized as being either core symptoms, marginal symptoms and/or inexplicable symptoms. Core symptoms can be defined as the most common and characteristic signs and symptoms specific to cervical spondylosis, and may be further classified into axial symptoms, radicular symptoms and spinal cord symptoms, according to the origin of the complaints. Characteristic signs and sensitive tests are presented respectively. The tension and relaxation sign in radiculopathy and spastic or amyotrophic myelopathic hands are examples of spinal cord symptoms and are extremely useful for the diagnosis of cervical spondylosis and its associated disorders. Marginal symptoms are not specific to cervical spondylosis, but they are related. Treatment of cervical spondylosis may eradicate marginal symptoms, such as precordial pain (pseudoangina) or a certain type of headache and vertigo. Therefore, knowledge of marginal symptoms is worthwhile in dealing with patients with cervical spondylosis. Bilateral arm paralysis is very rare, yet it is associated with cervical spondylosis. The disorder is distinct from degenerative spinal cord disease but its pathomechanism has yet to be fully understood. We propose to categorize the disorder tentatively as an "inexplicable symptom," aiming at further investigation Keywords: cervical spondylosisaxialradicularmyelopathic symptoms FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Cervical Spondylosis and Similar DisordersMetrics History Keywordscervical spondylosisaxialradicularmyelopathic symptomsPDF download