Volume 21, Issue 5 pp. 640-642

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Cervical paraspinal muscle abnormalities and symptom duration: A multivariate analysis

Timothy R. Dillingham MD, MS,

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Timothy R. Dillingham MD, MS

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21239 USA

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Liliana E. Pezzin PhD,

Liliana E. Pezzin PhD

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, Maryland 20852 USA

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Tamara D. Lauder MD,

Tamara D. Lauder MD

Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tacoma, Washington 98431 USA

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Timothy R. Dillingham MD, MS,

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Timothy R. Dillingham MD, MS

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21239 USA

10352 Waverly Woods Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042, USASearch for more papers by this author

Liliana E. Pezzin PhD,

Liliana E. Pezzin PhD

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, Maryland 20852 USA

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Tamara D. Lauder MD,

Tamara D. Lauder MD

Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tacoma, Washington 98431 USA

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First published: 07 December 1998

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199805)21:5<640::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-Z

Citations: 14

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether paraspinal and other major proximal and distal muscle spontaneous activity (SA) is related to cervical radiculopathy (CR) symptom duration. A multivariate analysis of 124 (retrospectively identified) electrodiagnostically confirmed CRs was used to test these hypotheses. The results showed no evidence of correlation between SA and symptom duration for any of the upper limb muscles analyzed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21:640–642, 1998.

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