title: [Myelopathy-hand and cervical spondylotic myelopathy].
abstract: The clinical manifestations and MRI characteristics of 58 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy were analysed in this study. The results showed that there was myelopathy-hand in 49 patients and none in 9 patients. Two groups were not significantly different in gender, age, course and involved segment, side or level of spinal cord(P > 0.05), but were significantly different in the compression degree of spinal cord(P < 0.01). In the positive group, the degree of myelopathy-hand was positively related to the severity of spastic gait, pyramidal tract sign and spinal cord compression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaetics, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000503:physiopathology*