Neck pain in the elderly: A management review. Part II Journal Article
| Author: | Payne, R. |
| Article Title: | Neck pain in the elderly: A management review. Part II |
| Abstract: | Rheumatoid arthritis and metastatic cancer occur commonly in the elderly, and may cause neck pain. Rheumatoid arthritis may produce cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy resulting from vertebral body subluxation, although radiological manifestations of subluxation are much more common than neurological dysfunction. Cervical spinal cord compression is a neurological emergency and may produce cervical radiculopathy as well as myelopathy. Careful neurological and radiological assessments are required to minimize pain and preserve neurological function in elderly patients suffering from neck pain complicating rheumatoid arthritis or cervical spinal metastasis. |
| Keywords: | aged; review; combined modality therapy; metastasis; pain; dexamethasone; central nervous system; spinal cord compression; bone; rheumatoid arthritis; neck; morphine; drug therapy; hydromorphone; analgesia; therapy; peripheral nervous system; spinal cord disease; oral drug administration; neck pain; intramuscular drug administration; etiology; cervical vertebrae; spinal cord neoplasms; joint; arthritis, rheumatoid; cervicobrachial neuralgia; human; priority journal; dislocations |
| Journal Title: | Geriatrics |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| ISSN: | 0016-867X |
| Publisher: | Advanstar Communications |
| Date Published: | 1987-02-01 |
| Start Page: | 71 |
| End Page: | 73 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 3803932 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 5 February 2021 -- Source: Scopus |
