Mechanical indicators of injury severity are decreased with increased thecal sac dimension in a bench-top model of contusion type spinal cord injury

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1003-1010

  Jones, Claire F ^a   Kwon, Brian K ^a   Cripton, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Pressure; Spinal cord injury; Synthetic model; Weight drop

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BONE FRAGMENTS; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; FLUID INTERACTIONS; HIGH VELOCITY; IMPACT LOADS; IMPACT VELOCITIES; IMPACTORS; INJURY SEVERITY; NEURAL ANATOMY; PHYSIOLOGIC LOADINGS; REMOTE SITES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SPINAL CORDS; STRESS-INDUCED; SYNTHETIC MODELS; TRAUMATIC EVENTS; WEIGHT-DROP;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PRESSURE; TISSUE; VELOCITY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; INJURY SEVERITY; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84858615086     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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