The biomechanical analysis of the traumatic cervical spinal cord injury using Finite Element approach

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-54

  Czyz, Marcin ^a   Ścigała, Krzysztof ^b   Jarmundowicz, Włodzimierz ^a   Bȩdziński, Romuald ^b  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite element analysis; Neurological recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; DISLOCATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 47049085204     PISSN: 1509409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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