NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND CLINICAL FINDINGS IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS
Authors: Stacy R. Mettier, Charles S. Capp
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 February 1941NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND CLINICAL FINDINGS IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITISSTACY R. METTIER, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES S. CAPP, M.D.STACY R. METTIER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES S. CAPP, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-8-1315 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of pain and muscular stiffness about the neck and in the shoulder-girdle, and the radiation of pain down the arm or into the precordial region, has been the subject of considerable discussion in recent years. These symptoms may be readily explained when they are induced by a definite etiologic factor such as traumatic injury to the brachial plexus or pressure of cervical rib on this structure, bursitis, or the destruction of cervical vertebrae by bacterial or neoplastic processes. However, there are instances of pain which are not so easily explained and in which the origin is doubtful. In...References1. GUNTHERKERR LWJ: The radicular syndrome in hypertrophic osteo-arthritis of the spine, Arch. Int. Med., 1929, xliii, 212. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. VON BECHTEREW W: Steifigkeit der Wirbelsäule und ihre Verkrümmung als besondere Erkrankungsform, Neurol. Centralbl., 1893, xii, 426. Google Scholar3. STRÜMPELL A: Bemerkung über die chronische ankylosirende Entzündung der Wirbelsäule und der Hüftgelenke, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Nervenh., 1897, xi, 338. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MARIE P: Sur la spondylose rhizomélique, Rev. de Méd., 1898, xviii, 285. Google Scholar5. BAILEYCASAMAJOR PL: Osteoarthritis of the spine as a cause of compression of the spinal cord and its roots, Jr. Nerv. and Ment. Dis., 1911, xxxviii, 588. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HANFLIG SS: Pain in the shoulder girdle, arm and precordium due to cervical arthritis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvi, 523. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. TURNEROPPENHEIMER ELA: A common lesion of the cervical spine responsible for segmental neuritis, ANN. INT. MED., 1936, x, 427. Google Scholar8. NATHAN WP: The neurological condition associated with polyarthritis and spondylitis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1916, clii, 667. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. LEWIS WH: Gray's anatomy, ed. 21, 1924, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 23. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: San Francisco, California*Read before the American Rheumatism Association at the Fifth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 13, 1938. Received for publication September 7, 1939.From the Departments of Medicine and Roentgenology, University of California Medical School.Assisted by a grant from the Christine Breon Fund for Medical Research. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Clinical Basis for Discussion of Mechanisms of Manipulative TherapyDie cervicalen BandscheibenschädenCervicale Spondylose und cervicale DiscushernienDEGENERATION OF THE SPINAL CORD ASSOCIATED WITH CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS 1 February 1941Volume 14, Issue 8Page: 1315-1322KeywordsBacterial physiologyOsteoarthritisResearch fundingRibsStiffnessTraumatic injuryVertebrae ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1941 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1941, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...