BACKGROUND The Spurling test, although a highly specific provocative test of the cervical spine in cervical radiculopathy (CR), has low to moderate sensitivity. Thus, we introduced the neck tornado test (NTT) to examine the neck and the cervical spine in CR. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to introduce a new provocative test, the NTT, and compare the diagnostic accuracy with a widely acc...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: this study was aimed at assessing the accuracy of provocative tests in diagnosis of acute or chronic cervical radiculopathy (cr) based on an electrodiagnostic reference criterion. materials and methods: shoulder abduction test (sat), spurling test (st), upper limb tension test (ultt), and electromyography were done on 97 patients who ref...

BACKGROUND This study was aimed at assessing the accuracy of provocative tests in diagnosis of acute or chronic Cervical Radiculopathy (CR) based on an electrodiagnostic reference criterion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Shoulder Abduction Test (SAT), Spurling Test (ST), Upper Limb Tension Test (ULTT), and electromyography were done on 97 patients who referred to Electrodiagnostic center in the unive...

Geoff Spurling and colleagues report findings of a systematic review looking at the relationship between exposure to promotional material from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of prescribing. They fail to find evidence of improvements in prescribing after exposure, and find some evidence of an association with higher prescribing frequency, higher costs, or lower pres...

Kiran Prasad Maski, MD Shafali Spurling Jeste, MD Basil T. Darras, MD Since its inception 40 years ago, the field of child neurology has continued to expand both in volume and in scope, as discussed in part 1 of this 3-part series.1 This article describes the current state of the field, residency training, and the accreditation structure, and discusses how child neurology training must evolve t...

Cervical radiculopathy describes pain in one or both of the upper extremities, often in the setting of neck pain, secondary to compression or irritation of nerve roots in the cervical spine. It can be accompanied by motor, sensory, or reflex deficits and is most prevalent in persons 50 to 54 years of age. Cervical radiculopathy most often stems from degenerative disease in the cervical spine. T...

Cervical radiculopathy is the problem that probably every other person complaining now a days and etiology mostly age-related related posture hectic work routine. Objective: Current trial was designed to associate impact of cervical pull, foramen initial both combined techniques on level disablement, pain range motions spine in individuals having radiculopathy. Methods: Sampling technique non-p...

It is thirty-seven years since Mixter and Barr (1934) presented their classical paper on the surgical treatment of ruptured intervertebral discs. In 1941 they published the short-term results in ninety-four patients with lumbar lesions. They showed that fusion of the spine at the time of laminectomy lowered the incidence of subsequent back symptoms and concluded that laminectomy weakened the ba...