Exacerbated Pain in Cervical Radiculopathy at Axial Rotation, Flexion, Extension, and Coupled Motions of the Cervical Spine

Abstract

In patients with cervical disc herniation or cervical spondylosis, exacerbated pain at defined provocative maneuvers is related more to changes in the foraminal size and to nerve root motion with, in some cases, cervical cord rotation or displacement than to changes in the size of herniated discs.