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Walk and Run Test in Patients with Degenerative Compression of the Cervical Spinal Cord

KADAŇKA, Zdeněk, Zdeněk KADAŇKA, Tomáš SKUTIL, Eva VLČKOVÁ, Josef BEDNAŘÍK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Walk and Run Test in Patients with Degenerative Compression of the Cervical Spinal Cord

Authors

KADAŇKA, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk KADAŇKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš SKUTIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva VLČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Josef BEDNAŘÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Clinical Medicine, Basel, MDPI, 2021, 2077-0383

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30218 General and internal medicine

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.964

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/21:00120089

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

000628294400001

Keywords in English

degenerative cervical myelopathy; non-myelopathic degenerative cervical cord compression; cervical spinal cord compression; 10-m walk rest; 10-m run test

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 28/2/2022 09:06, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

Impaired gait is one of the cardinal symptoms of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) and frequently its initial presentation. Quantitative gait analysis is therefore a promising objective tool in the disclosure of early cervical cord impairment in patients with degenerative cervical compression. The aim of this cross-sectional observational cohort study was to verify whether an objective and easily-used walk and run test is capable of detecting early gait impairment in a practical proportion of non-myelopathic degenerative cervical cord compression (NMDCC) patients and of revealing any correlation with severity of disability in DCM. The study group consisted of 45 DCM patients (median age 58 years), 126 NMDCC subjects (59 years), and 100 healthy controls (HC) (55.5 years), all of whom performed a standardized 10-m walk and run test. Walking/running time/velocity, number of steps and cadence of walking/running were recorded; analysis disclosed abnormalities in 66.7% of NMDCC subjects. The DCM group exhibited significantly more pronounced abnormalities in all walk/run parameters when compared with the NMDCC group. These were apparent in 84.4% of the DCM group and correlated closely with disability as quantified by the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale. A standardized 10-m walk/run test has the capacity to disclose locomotion abnormalities in NMDCC subjects who lack other clear myelopathic signs and may provide a means of classifying DCM patients according to their degree of disability.

Links

MUNI/A/1600/2020, interní kód MU
Name: Diagnostika a patofyziologie neuropatické bolesti (Acronym: PNB)
Investor: Masaryk University
NV18-04-00159, research and development project
Name: Využití pokročilých magneticko-rezonančních technik k odhalení patofyziologie a zlepšení diagnostiky a praktického managementu degenerativní komprese krční míchy
Investor: Ministry of Health of the CR