Maximum principal strain correlates with spinal cord tissue damage in contusion and dislocation injuries in the rat cervical spine

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1574-1585

  Russell, Colin M ^a   Choo, Anthony M ^b   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a   Chung, Tae Eun ^c   Oxland, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Induk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biomechanics; contusion; dislocation; finite element; spinal cord injury; strain

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DURA MATER; GRAY MATTER; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD LESION; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTUSIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISLOCATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84861991001     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2225     Document Type: Article

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