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cervical radiculopathy

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cervical radiculopathy,
disease of the cervical nerve roots, often manifesting as neck or shoulder pain.

cervical radiculopathy
Neurology Irritation of nerve roots of the neck due to a herniation or prolapse of a intervertebral disk from its normal position, which impinge on nearby nerves resulting in pain and neurologic Sx. See Cervical disk syndrome, Prolapsed disk.


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Special tests, including Spurling's test, the distraction test and the upper limb neurodynamic test were performed to evaluate the presence of cervical radiculopathy (Wainner et al 2003).
Bronster's notes indicted that the patient's hand was weak, and his impresion was brachial plexus versus cervical radiculopathy.
When physicians cited other indications for OCS use, lumbar radiculopathy was most often reported (15 responses), followed by acute inflammation (6 responses) and cervical radiculopathy (3 responses).
 
 
 
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