Psychosocial factors associated with acute cervical radiculopathy
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Factors Associated With Work Ability in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Cervical Radiculopathy.
STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE To investigate the factors associated with work ability in patients undergoing surgery for cervical radiculopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Surgery is a common treatment of cervical radiculopathy in people of working age. However, few studies have investigated the impact on the work ability of these patients. METHODS Patients undergoing surg...
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The history, pathoanatomy and pathophysiology, clinical picture, differential diagnosis, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of cervical radiculopathy are reviewed. The review is based on a 10-year Medline literature search, review of bibliographies in textbooks, and bibliographies in articles obtained through the search. Cervical radiculopathy, although recognized early in the 20th century, w...
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Cervical radiculopathy is the result of irritation and/or compression of nerve root as it exits the cervical spine. Pain is a common presenting symptom and may be accompanied by motor or sensory deficits in areas innervated by the affected nerve root. Diagnosis is suggested by history and corresponding physical examination findings. Confirmation is achieved with MRI. A multimodal approach to tr...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 2005
ISSN: 2410-8219,0379-6175
DOI: 10.4102/sajp.v61i1.166