Cervical myelopathy is the most common type of myelopathy, most often caused by aging-related spinal degeneration. Thoracic myelopathy is compression of the thoracic spine of the middle back.

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a clinical condition of upper motor neuron lesion signs, that is confirmed with advanced imaging demonstrating compression of the spinal cord in the cervical ...