Weakness in the lower limbs

Lower extremity weakness is usually caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy, which is manifested by symptoms such as lower limb weakness, numbness, tightness, and heavy lifting, and gradually appears claudication, trembling, gait shaking, and easy fall. Spinal cervical spondylosis is a type of cervical spondylosis. Cervical spondylosis can be roughly divided into four types: cervical spondylosis of cervical type, cervical spondylotic nerve type, cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type, cervical spondylosis of spinal type. Cervical spondylosis, also known as cervical syndrome, is a general term for cervical osteoarthritis, proliferative cervical spondylitis, cervical nerve root syndrome, and cervical disc herniation. It is a disease based on degenerative pathological changes. Mainly due to long-term cervical strain, bone hyperplasia, or disc herniation, thickening of ligaments, resulting in compression of the cervical spinal cord, nerve root or vertebral artery, a series of clinical syndromes of dysfunction. It is manifested by cervical disc degeneration itself and its secondary series of pathological changes, such as vertebral instability and loosening; nucleus pulposus or prolapse; bone spur formation; ligament hypertrophy and secondary spinal stenosis, which stimulate or compress Nervous roots, spinal cords, vertebral arteries, and cervical sympathetic nerves cause various symptoms and signs of the syndrome.

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