"Ten second step test" as a new quantifiable parameter of cervical myelopathy

Spine
Yasutsugu YukawaNorimitsu Wakao

Abstract

A clinical and cohort study. We developed 10 second step test as a quantifiable measure of severity in cervical compressive myelopathy. The purpose is to establish the standard value of 10 second step test and to verify its clinical effectiveness. In determining the severity of cervical myelopathy, the effects of surgical intervention, or the factors that influence prognosis, it is essential to have an objective and reproducible means of measuring the patient's disability. There were only a few scales to quantify the severity of cervical compressive myelopathy. One hundred sixty-three preoperative patients with cervical compressive myelopathy and 1200 healthy volunteers were included. Three tests were performed: the number of steps in 10 seconds, number of finger grip and release (G and R) in 10 seconds and the Japanese Orthopedic Association score for cervical myelopathy (JOA score). The study population included 99 men and 64 women with a mean age of 63.3 years (range, 33-92). The average number of steps in all patients was 10.7 +/- 5.5 before surgery whereas the average number of steps in the control was 19.6 +/- 3.5. The number of steps was significantly lower in patients than in control and decreased with age in both group...Continue Reading

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