CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS
Authors: R BRAIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 September 1954CERVICAL SPONDYLOSISRUSSELL BRAIN, F.A.C.P. (Hon.)RUSSELL BRAIN, F.A.C.P. (Hon.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-439 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil recently very little was known about the importance for neurology of changes in the cervical spine. Yet today we realize that its disorders constitute an important cause of lesions of the spinal cord and nerve roots and lead to much disability which is often severe, particularly in middle age and later. Today I shall confine my attention to cervical spondylosis.May I begin by reminding you of certain anatomic facts which have an important bearing upon the mode of production of symptoms. The first and second cervical vertebrae differ from the rest in that there is no intervertebral disc...Bibliography1. BrainNorthfieldWilkinson WRDWMI: The neurological manifestations of cervical spondylosis, Brain 75: 187, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Frykholm R: Cervical nerve root compression resulting from disc degeneration and root-sleeve fibrosis, Acta chir. Scandinav. Supplement 160, 1951. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: London,*Presented at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1954. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCervical disc degeneration: important considerations for the manual therapistYunmen (LU 2) combined with neck-seven-acupoint acupuncture for arm numbness caused by cervical spondylotic radiculopathyClinical features and surgical outcomes of cervical spondylotic myelopathy in patients of different ages: a retrospective studyCervical myelopathyIncreased spinal cord movements in cervical spondylotic myelopathyCervical Spondylotic MyelopathyCervical Stenosis: Radiculopathy – Review of Concepts, Surgical Techniques, and OutcomesCervical Spondylotic MyelopathySudden onset of cervical spondylotic myelopathy during sleep: A case reportExperimental chronic compressive cervical myelopathyCervical spondylotic myelopathyExperimental cervical myelopathyPATHOGENESIS OF MYELOPATHY IN CERVICAL SPONDYLOSISDie cervicalen BandscheibenschädenWalter Russell Brain, First Baron Brain of Eynsham, 1895-1966RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TWELFTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IICHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.TRENDS IN RESEARCH ON THE AGING NERVOUS SYSTEM†The Diagnosis and Management of Herniated DisksCERVICAL MYELOPATHY A COMMON NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER 1 September 1954Volume 41, Issue 3Page: 439-446KeywordsDisabilitiesLesionsNervesNeurologySpinal cordSpineVertebrae ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1954 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1954, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...