Effect of Cervical Decompression Surgery on Gait in Adult Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Patients

Abstract

Preoperatively, CSM patients clearly showed altered gait parameters compared with controls. However, after cervical decompression surgery, CSM patients exhibited improved gait pattern, spatiotemporal parameters, spine and lower extremity ROM, as well as patient-reported outcomes. Postoperatively, CSM patients did not show major differences in gait when compared with matched asymptomatic controls.