There are conditions that deserve special consideration because their presentation may mimic pain of neck origin. When these conditions coexist with primary neck pain, they render the separation of ...

In 1890, A. E. Garrod is credited for first noting involvement of the cervical spine in 178 of 500 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 1 Though most often recognized in association with RA, the ...

SPONDYLOSIS cervicalis has been known to the medical profession for years under the name of "cervical hypertrophic arthritis" or "cervical hyper-trophic osteoarthritis." Although detailed knowledge of ...

For patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy, some imaging techniques could act as a marker for a potentially reversible phase of the disease in which substantial clinical improvement can be ...

Cervical radiculopathy, also known as a pinched nerve, happens when a nerve in the neck becomes irritated or compressed. It can be very painful and may affect a person’s quality of life. Usually, it ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that compresses your spinal cord. This happens due to narrowing or pressure in your cervical spine, or the neck region of your backbone. This condition is the most ...

Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery with the Salt Lake Orthopedic Clinic at MountainStar Healthcare’s St. Mark’s Hospital ...

A NUMBER of conditions, relatively common at autopsy, only rarely become of clinical importance. An example involving the nervous system is cyst of the septum pellucidum, or fifth ventricle, which can ...

Neck pain ranks among the most common physical complaints, affecting up to 70% of adults at some point during their lives. This prevalence creates a challenging dilemma: how to distinguish between ...

Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Associate Professor P McCrory, Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, ...