enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Cervical spine disorder - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_spine_disorder

   Occipito-cervical junction This disorder may result from rheumatoid arthritis, causing the hypermobility of the connection between the neck and head, resulting in paralysis or pain. [ 6 ] Cerebrovascular disease Cerebrovascular disease is a type of cervical spine disorder that can cause tetraplegia .

3. Cervicocranial syndrome - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervicocranial_syndrome

   Cervicocranial syndrome or (craniocervical junction syndrome, CCJ syndrome) is a combination of symptoms that are caused by an abnormality in the cervical vertebrae leading to improper function of cervical spinal nerves. Cervicocranial syndrome is either congenital or acquired. Some examples of diseases that could result in cervicocranial ...

4. Craniocervical instability - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniocervical_instability

   Craniocervical instability (CCI) is a medical condition characterized by excessive movement of the vertebra at the atlanto-occipital joint and the atlanto-axial joint located between the skull and the top two vertebra, known as C1 and C2. [citation needed] The condition can cause neural injury and compression of nearby structures, including the ...

5. Klippel–Feil syndrome - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klippel–Feil_syndrome

   Frequency. 1 in 40,000 to 42,000 births, females more affected than males. Klippel–Feil syndrome (KFS), also known as cervical vertebral fusion syndrome, is a rare congenital condition characterized by the abnormal fusion of any two of the seven bones in the neck (cervical vertebrae). [1]: 578 It can result in a limited ability to move the ...

6. Spasmodic torticollis - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodic_torticollis

   Spasmodic torticollis is an extremely painful chronic neurological movement disorder causing the neck to involuntarily turn to the left, right, upwards, and/or downwards. The condition is also referred to as "cervical dystonia ". Both agonist and antagonist muscles contract simultaneously during dystonic movement. [1]

7. Neck pain - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neck_pain

   Neck pain. Neck pain, also known as cervicalgia, is a common problem, with two-thirds of the population having neck pain at some point in their lives. [1] Neck pain, although felt in the neck, can be caused by numerous other spinal problems. Neck pain may arise due to muscular tightness in both the neck and upper back, or pinching of the nerves ...

8. Central cord syndrome - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_cord_syndrome

   Specialty. Neurology Neurosurgery. Central cord syndrome (CCS) is the most common form of cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). It is characterized by loss of power and sensation in arms and hands. It usually results from trauma which causes damage to the neck, leading to major injury to the central corticospinal tract of the spinal cord. [ 1 ]

9. Cervical spinal stenosis - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_spinal_stenosis

   Cervical spinal stenosis. Cervical spinal stenosis. A human vertebral column. Specialty. Orthopedic. Cervical spinal stenosis is a bone disease involving the narrowing of the spinal canal at the level of the neck. It is frequently due to chronic degeneration, [1] but may also be congenital. Treatment is frequently surgical.