Machine Learning and Symptom Patterns in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Web-Based Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM), a progressive spinal cord injury caused by spinal cord compression from degenerative pathology, often presents with neck pain, sensorimotor dysfunction in the upper or lower limbs, gait disturbance, and bladder or bowel dysfunction. Its symptomatology is very heterogeneous, making early detection as well as the measurement or understanding of the underlying factors and their consequences challenging. Increasingly, evidence suggests that DCM may consist of subgroups of the disease, which are yet to be defined.

Objective

This study aimed to explore whether machine learning can identify clinically meaningful groups of patients based solely on clinical features.

Methods

A survey was conducted wherein participants were ask

SUBMITTER: Touzet AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10853854 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature