Spinal cord stimulation can reduce pain and restore nerve function among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Compression of a cervical nerve root was initially suspected, but the progression of symptoms and MRI findings gradually suggested a different aetiology. One evening, a man in his fifties who had ...

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The operation was successfully completed in all patients. The plain CT scan confirmed that the needle tip was located at the cervical nerve root C5-6, C6-7, and C7-T1 (Figures 2A–C); three-dimensional ...

Four of the nerve roots emerge from the cervical spine (neck) and one from the thoracic spine (chest). These roots are named after the numbered cervical and thoracic spinal vertebrae from which the ...

Likewise, damage to the C5 nerve root (called C5 palsy) may occur from cervical spinal decompressive surgery. This complication causes weakness, numbness, and pain in the shoulders. Very rarely, the ...

Controls muscles in the forearm, upper arm, elbow, and back of hand. The nerve root is in areas C5 to T1. Median nerve. Mostly controls the forearms and some parts of the hand. The nerve root is ...

For example, if you have difficulty resisting downward pressure when raising your arm and shoulder, you likely have an injury in the C5 nerve root. During myotome testing, motor strength is graded on ...

Objective This is an anatomical study of C4 and C5 roots for nerve transfers in upper brachial plexus injuries, with surgical technique demonstration. Methods Fifteen brachial plexuses from both male ...

Bilateral nerve roots emanate from each level above the corresponding vertebral body. For example, the C5 nerve root exits the spine at the C4–C5 neural foramen and thus is affected by ...

The dorsal scapular nerve (DSN) originates from the C5 spinal nerve root and traverses the interscalene groove situated between the anterior and middle scalene muscles. From there, it proceeds to ...

A2) Intraoperative stimulation of the nerve root. A3) Manual muscle testing (MMT ... T1-innervated muscles have also been identified by observations of patients with root avulsion showing a C5–C8 ...