The Restless Spinal Cord in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [SPINE]

CONCLUSIONS:
Patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy show altered spinal cord motion with increased and ongoing oscillations at and also beyond the focal level of stenosis. Phase-contrast MR imaging has promise as a biomarker to reveal mechanical stress to the cord and may be applicable to predict disease progression and the impact of surgical interventions.

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - March 15, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Hupp, M., Pfender, N., Vallotton, K., Rosner, J., Friedl, S., Zipser, C. M., Sutter, R., Klarhöfer, M., Spirig, J. M., Betz, M., Schubert, M., Freund, P., Farshad, M., Curt, A. Tags: SPINE Source Type: research