Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4072446 | Journal of Orthopaedic Science | 2010 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Younger generations had larger builds and a wider canal of the cervical spine. A narrow spinal canal is a fundamental risk factor for cervical myelopathy. Therefore, cervical myelopathy might be expected to decrease in Japan in the near future when the present younger generations have aged.
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Authors
Shin-Ichi Goto, Jutaro Umehara, Toshimi Aizawa, Shoichi Kokubun,