The Restless Spinal Cord in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.

Markus Hupp N Pfender K Vallotton Jan Rosner Susanne Gabriele Friedl Carl Moritz Zipser Reto Sutter Markus Klarhöfer José Miguel Spirig M Betz Martin Schubert Patrick Freund Mazda Farshad Armin Curt

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2021)

Patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy show altered spinal cord motion with increased and ongoing oscillations at and also beyond the focal level of stenosis. Phase-contrast MR imaging has promise as a biomarker to reveal mechanical stress to the cord and may be applicable to predict disease progression and the impact of surgical interventions.

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