Role of Neck Pain in Defining Clinical Trajectories of Outcomes in Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Results of a Novel Machine Learning Algorithm.

Global Spine J · 2026 · PMC12065713 · PMID 40347099

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trending towards significanceP = 0.061so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The presence of psychiatric comorbidities was associated with over a 1.5x increase in the odds of belonging to the “slow pain improvement” group vs the “fast pain improvement” group (OR = 1.65, P = 0.061; trending towards significance) or the “no pain improvement” group (OR = 1.53, P = 0.037).

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When averaging these patients, we see an overall trend of neck pain reduction postoperatively over time.

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