Using Smartphones for Clinical Assessment in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy a Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT: Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is characterized by a progressive deterioration in spinal cord function. Its evaluation requires subjective clinical examination with wide interobserver variability. Objective quantification of spinal cord function remains imprecise, even though validated myelopathy-grading scales have emerged and are now widely used. We created a Smartphone Application, the N-Outcome App, with the aim of quantifying accurately and reliably spinal cord dysfunction using a 5-minute Test. A patient suffering from DCM was clinically evaluated before surgery, at 3 and 6 months follow-up after surgical decompression of the cervical spinal cord. Standard scores (Nurick grade, modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) score) were documented at these time points. A 5-mi

SUBMITTER: Zaldivar-Jolissaint JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822463 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature