Kinematic alteration in three-dimensional reaching movement in C3-4 level cervical myelopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Object

This study aimed to compare the reaching movement between two different spinal cord compression level groups in cervical myelopathy (CM) patients.

Methods

Nine CM patients with maximal cord compression at the C3-4 level (C3-4 group) and 15 CM patients with maximal cord compression at the C4-7 level (C4-7 group) participated in the study. We monitored three-dimensional (3D) reaching movement using an electronic-mechanical whack-a-mole-type task pre-and post-operatively. Movement time (MT) and 3D movement distance (MD) during the task were recorded. An analysis of variance for split-plot factorial design was performed to investigate the effects of compression level or surgery on MT and MD. Moreover, we investigated the relationship between these kinematic reaching param

SUBMITTER: Noguchi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10688652 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature