Tally counter test as a simple and objective assessment of cervical myelopathy.

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Published in Eur Spine J on November 21, 2012

Authors

Atsushi Kimura1, Atsushi Seichi, Teruaki Endo, Yusuke Norimatsu, Hirokazu Inoue, Takahiro Higashi, Yuichi Hoshino

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedics, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. akimura@jichi.ac.jp

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