Clinical Study on Upper Extremities Type of Acute Central Cervical Spinal Injury
山口医学 Volume 29 Issue 4
Page 341-350
published_at 1980-12
Title
急性中心性頸髄損傷の上肢型に関する臨床的研究
Clinical Study on Upper Extremities Type of Acute Central Cervical Spinal Injury
Creators
Araki Shigemasa
Source Identifiers
In patients with cervical cord injury without fracture-dislocation of the cervical spine, there is a group having tetraplegia at the initial stage and show a fairly good prognosis. That is, the lower extremities tend to recover first and the function of the upper extremities eventually reappears, with the fine finger movements coming back last. This is the so-called acute central cervical cord injury which Schneider reported in 1954. Within this group, I have noticed a subgroup (upper extremities type) that is slightly different from those with typical acute central cervical cord injury. This subgroup is characterized by motor and sensory impairment only in the upper extremities, and no neurological deficits in the lower extremities…
Languages
jpn
Resource Type
journal article
Publishers
山口大学医学会
Date Issued
1980-12
File Version
Not Applicable (or Unknown)
Access Rights
metadata only access
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1731
[NCID]AN00243156
Schools
医学部