Hybrid assistive limb treatment for patients with severe cervical and thoracic myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and ligamentum flavum: Feasibility, safety, and efficacy in the acute and chronic phases
HAL treatment is feasible, safe, and effective in patients with different degrees of ossified lesions, specifically in those with OPLL or OLF.<b>Trial Registration:</b> UMIN000014336.
Authors
- Masashi Yamazaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9293-3531)
- Masao Koda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0982-5386)
- Yuichiro Soma
- Yasushi Hada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0292-3493)
- Yoshiyuki Sankai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-1541)
- Hideki Kadone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2953-6434)
- Shigeki Kubota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4455-4585)
- Yukiyo Shimizu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7491-4516)
Institutions
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2024.2448047
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00