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SUBMITTER: Jimenez KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8125546 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jimenez Kathryn Anne KA Kwon Ji-Won JW Yoon Jayeong J Lee Hwan-Mo HM Moon Seong-Hwan SH Suk Kyung-Soo KS Kim Hak-Sun HS Lee Byung Ho BH
Journal of clinical medicine 20210505 9
<h4>Background</h4>Few studies have investigated associations between hand grip strength (HGS) and the surgical outcomes of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM).<h4>Methods</h4>This study was designed as a prospective observational study of 203 patients who had undergone fusion surgery for DCM. We divided the patients according to sex and HGS differences. Clinical outcome parameters, including HGS, a fall diary and four functional mobility tests (alternative step test, six-meter walk test, tim ...[more]