Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4072446 Journal of Orthopaedic Science 2010 7 Pages PDF
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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