title: Cervical paraspinal muscle abnormalities and symptom duration: a multivariate analysis.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether paraspinal and other major proximal and distal muscle spontaneous activity (SA) is related to cervical radiculopathy (CR) symptom duration. A multivariate analysis of 124 (retrospectively identified) electrodiagnostically confirmed CRs was used to test these hypotheses. The results showed no evidence of correlation between SA and symptom duration for any of the upper limb muscles analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21239, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Dillingham
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Pezzin
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Lauder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009333:Neck; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013131:Spine; D013997:Time Factors