A Study of Bladder and Rectal Disturbances in Spinal Cord Tumors

The rise and fall of Queckenstedt's test between 1916 and 1970, a milestone in spinal cord diagnostics and why it matters

“…In the mid-to late 1920s, substantial evidence for clinical utility was mainly provided by the US neurosurgeon Byron Stookey (1887Stookey ( -1966 and Charles Albert Elsberg (1871Elsberg ( -1948, who was one of the Chiefs of Service of the Neurological Institute in New York and a pioneer in the field of spinal cord injury [13]. In his first study on manometric tests, Stookey reported data from 50 patients with suspected spinal tumor collected between 1921 and 1925 [14]. In this study, he also described a modified Queckenstedt's test, carried out with bilateral slight compression of the jugular veins, so-called "touch compression", as compared to deep compression, to reduce confounding through coughing and movement [15].…”

The rise and fall of Queckenstedt's test between 1916 and 1970, a milestone in spinal cord diagnostics and why it matters

“…In the mid-to late 1920s, substantial evidence for clinical utility was mainly provided by the US neurosurgeon Byron Stookey (1887Stookey ( -1966 and Charles Albert Elsberg (1871Elsberg ( -1948, who was one of the Chiefs of Service of the Neurological Institute in New York and a pioneer in the field of spinal cord injury [13]. In his first study on manometric tests, Stookey reported data from 50 patients with suspected spinal tumor collected between 1921 and 1925 [14]. In this study, he also described a modified Queckenstedt's test, carried out with bilateral slight compression of the jugular veins, so-called "touch compression", as compared to deep compression, to reduce confounding through coughing and movement [15].…”

The rise and fall of Queckenstedt's test between 1916 and 1970, a milestone in spinal cord diagnostics and why it matters

“…In the mid-to late 1920s, substantial evidence for clinical utility was mainly provided by the US neurosurgeon Byron Stookey (1887Stookey ( -1966 and Charles Albert Elsberg (1871Elsberg ( -1948, who was one of the Chiefs of Service of the Neurological Institute in New York and a pioneer in the field of spinal cord injury [13]. In his first study on manometric tests, Stookey reported data from 50 patients with suspected spinal tumor collected between 1921 and 1925 [14]. In this study, he also described a modified Queckenstedt's test, carried out with bilateral slight compression of the jugular veins, so-called "touch compression", as compared to deep compression, to reduce confounding through coughing and movement [15].…”

The rise and fall of Queckenstedt's test between 1916 and 1970, a milestone in spinal cord diagnostics and why it matters

“…In the mid-to late 1920s, substantial evidence for clinical utility was mainly provided by the US neurosurgeon Byron Stookey (1887Stookey ( -1966 and Charles Albert Elsberg (1871Elsberg ( -1948, who was one of the Chiefs of Service of the Neurological Institute in New York and a pioneer in the field of spinal cord injury [13]. In his first study on manometric tests, Stookey reported data from 50 patients with suspected spinal tumor collected between 1921 and 1925 [14]. In this study, he also described a modified Queckenstedt's test, carried out with bilateral slight compression of the jugular veins, so-called "touch compression", as compared to deep compression, to reduce confounding through coughing and movement [15].…”