Abstract
Cervical spine degeneration is a common disorder in ageing populations. Magnetic resonanace imaging has become the best initial modality, while evaluating the cervical spine degeneration. Aim of this study was to correlate the magnetic resonance imaging findings in cervical spine degeneration with sensory and motor clinical manifestations. A total of 219 patients with different sets of motor and sensory deficits were included in this analytical cross-sectional study. Data was collected by using questionnaire/performa. Our patients presented with different sensory and motor clinical manifestations, out of which neck pain was most common and found in 189 (86.3%) patients. Neck pain was followed by muscular spams which were found in 86 (39.33%) patients. In this study, abnormal magnetic resonanace imaging findings like disc buldge (64.4%), dessicatory changes (62.6%), thaecal sac compression (48.9%), loss of signal intensities (37.9%), spinal canal stenosis (34.7%), abnormal disc heights (15.5%), peri-vertebral oedema (5.0%) and kyphosis (0.9%) were observed. Correlation between the clinical manifestations and magnetic resonance imaging findings of cervical spine degeneration was studied. Our study found that neck pain was significantly correlated with disc buldges (p<0.05), dessicatory changes (p<0.01) and peri-vertebral oedema (p<0.05). Radiculopathy was significantly correlated with abnormal disc heights (p<0.01), disc buldges (p<0.05), spinal canal stenosis (p<0.01), loss of signal intensity (p<0.01) and dessicatory changes (p<0.01). Paraesthesia’s were significantly correlated with disc buldges (p<0.01), loss of signal intensities (p<0.05) and dessicatory changes (p<0.01). Magnetic resonance imaging findings in cervical spine degeneration are significantly correlated with sensory and motor clinical manifestations