Cervical intervertebral disc injury during simulated frontal impact

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 356-365

  Ito, S ^a   Ivancic, P C ^a   Pearson, A M ^a   Tominaga, Y ^a   Gimenez, S E ^a   Rubin, W ^a   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical disc; Frontal impact; Injury mechanism; Spine biomechanics; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; VERTEBRA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE;

EID: 21344432351     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0783-4     Document Type: Article

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