Comparison of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score and modified JOA (mJOA) score for the assessment of cervical myelopathy: a multicenter observational study.

Comparison of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score and modified JOA (mJOA) score for the assessment of cervical myelopathy: a multicenter observational study.

The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score is widely used to assess the severity of clinical symptoms in patients with cervical compressive myelopathy, particularly in East Asian countries. In contrast, modified versions of the JOA score are currently accepted as the standard tool for assessme...

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Main Authors: So Kato, Yasushi Oshima, Hiroyuki Oka, Hirotaka Chikuda, Yujiro Takeshita, Kota Miyoshi, Naohiro Kawamura, Kazuhiro Masuda, Junichi Kunogi, Rentaro Okazaki, Seiichi Azuma, Nobuhiro Hara, Sakae Tanaka, Katsushi Takeshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4383381?pdf=render

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