Quantification of the Trömner signs: a sensitive marker for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 923 - 927
• Main Authors: Chang, Chein-Wei, Chang, Kai-Yin, Lin, Swei-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.06.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Cervical Vertebrae; Electrodiagnosis; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurologic Examination; Neurosurgery; Original; Original Article; Reflex, Abnormal; Spinal Cord Compression - diagnosis; Spinal Cord Compression - physiopathology; Spondylosis - diagnosis; Spondylosis - physiopathology; Surgical Orthopedics; Trömner sign; Neurological reflex; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Neurophysiology

The Trömner sign is commonly used as a clinical neurological examination for upper motor neuron lesions above the fifth or sixth cervical segments of the spinal cord. This study aims to assess and quantify the Trömner signs utilizing electrophysiological test, and correlate to the severity of cord c...