Cervical Radiculopathy: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

burner syndrome, pinched nerve, nerve root dysfunction, disk herniation, disc herniation, foraminal impingement of exiting nerve, uncovertebral joints, joints of Luschka, atlantoaxial joint, occipital atlantal joint, occipitoatlantal joint, intervertebral foramina, neuroforamen, neural foramen, ipsilateral nerve root injury, foraminal compression test, Spurling test, manual cervical distraction, Lhermitte sign

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Gerard A Malanga, MD, Founder and Director, New Jersey Sports Medicine Institute; Director of Pain Management, Overlook Hospital; Director of Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine Fellowship Director, Mountainside Hospital; Clinical Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine and Electrodiagnosis, St Michael's Medical Center; Medical Director, Consultant, Horizon Healthcare Worker's Compensation Services, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Worker's Compensation
Gerard A Malanga, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American College of Sports Medicine, North American Spine Society, and Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation
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Michael A Romello, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School
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