1 Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China 2 Hand and Foot Microsurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China Objective: ...

Your muscles move when nerve signals from the brain tell them to get to work. Electromyography (EMG), a diagnostic test, measures how well your muscles respond to those signals. Movement is a ...

The Spurling test involves extending the neck ... The most commonly affected nerve root in cervical radiculopathy is the C7 nerve root, followed by the C6 and C8 nerve roots.

Imaging and nerve tests allow a doctor to see the internal structures without doing a medical procedure. So, these tests are commonly used both in the diagnosis as well as the monitoring of arthritis.

For example, the biceps muscle is controlled by C6 and the triceps muscle is controlled by C7. Muscles can also be activated by signals passed down ... further helping to identify which nerves are ...

What are nerve conduction tests? Nerve conduction tests are performed to evaluate the ability of nerves to conduct impulses and the speed thereof. Nerve conduction studies can indicate the extent of ...

Case presentation: A 58-year-old male patient was diagnosed with a cervical nerve root sleeve cyst on the right C7 vertebra with neurological symptoms. Microscope-assisted surgery was used as ...