During pregnancy, the cervix experiences significant mechanical property change due to
tissue swelling, and to ongoing changes in the collagen content. In this paper, we model …

Finite element (FE) modeling of the spine has increasingly been applied in orthopedic
precision-medicine approaches. Previously published FE models of the pediatric spine …

Using finite element technique to model the human cervical spine can be found in a number
of publications in the literature. These efforts have illustrated viable techniques and …

Previous research has not produced a satisfactory resource to study reflexive muscle activity
for investigating potentially injurious whiplash motions. Various experimental and …

Posterior dynamic stabilization systems (PDSS) were developed to provide stabilization to
pathologic or hypermobile spinal segments while maintaining the healthy biomechanics of …

Synthetic biomechanical test specimens are frequently used for preclinical evaluation of
implant performance, often in combination with numerical modeling, such as finite-element …

A multi-body computational model of the human head and neck was previously shown to be
in good agreement with experimental findings from actual human cervical spine specimens …

A number of papers have recently emphasised the importance of verification, validation and
sensitivity testing in computational studies within the field of biomechanical engineering …

While the majority of experimental cervical spine biomechanics research has been
conducted using slowly applied forces and/or moments, or dynamically applied forces with …

The rostral-caudally aligned fiber-reinforced structure of spinal cord white matter (WM) gives
rise to transverse isotropy in the material. Stress and strain patterns generated in the spinal …