Effect of muscle activation on dynamic responses of neck of pilot during emergency ejection: a finite element study

TC Li, CJ Liu, SY Liu, X Wang, JJ Feng… - Medical & Biological …, 2023 - Springer
To determine the effect of muscle activation on the dynamic responses of the neck of a pilot
during simulated emergency ejections. A complete finite element model of the pilot's head …

Strain rate dependent properties of younger human cervical spine ligaments

SFE Mattucci, JA Moulton, N Chandrashekar… - Journal of the …, 2012 - Elsevier
The cervical spine ligaments play an essential role in limiting the physiological ranges of
motion in the neck; however, traumatic loading such as that experienced in automotive crash …

C4–C5 segment finite element model development, validation, and load-sharing investigation

MB Panzer, DS Cronin - Journal of biomechanics, 2009 - Elsevier
Detailed cervical spine models are necessary to better understand cervical spine response
to loading, improve our understanding of injury mechanisms, and specifically for predicting …

Cervical spine segment finite element model for traumatic injury prediction

JA DeWit, DS Cronin - Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Many detailed cervical spine models have been developed and primarily used to investigate
kinematic response of the neck in impact scenarios. However, the goal of detailed models is …

Application of simulation methods in cervical spine dynamics

MS Sun, XY Cai, Q Liu, CF Du… - Journal of Healthcare …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Neck injury is one of the most frequent spine injuries due to the complex structure of the
cervical spine. The high incidence of neck injuries in collision accidents can bring a heavy …

Cervical spine model to predict capsular ligament response in rear impact

JB Fice, DS Cronin, MB Panzer - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2011 - Springer
Predicting neck kinematics and tissue level response is essential to evaluate the potential
for occupant injury in rear impact. A detailed 50th percentile male finite element model …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of a 10-year-old child ligamentous cervical spine finite element model

L Dong, G Li, H Mao, S Marek, KH Yang - Annals of biomedical …, 2013 - Springer
Although a number of finite element (FE) adult cervical spine models have been developed
to understand the injury mechanisms of the neck in automotive related crash scenarios …

Investigation of impact loading rate effects on the ligamentous cervical spinal load-partitioning using finite element model of functional spinal unit C2–C3

T Mustafy, M El-Rich, W Mesfar, K Moglo - Journal of biomechanics, 2014 - Elsevier
The cervical spine functions as a complex mechanism that responds to sudden loading in a
unique manner, due to intricate structural features and kinematics. The spinal load-sharing …

Quantifying the Importance of Active Muscle Repositioning a Finite Element Neck Model in Flexion Using Kinematic, Kinetic, and Tissue-Level Responses

P Hadagali, SL Fischer, JP Callaghan… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Non-neutral neck positions are important initial conditions in impact scenarios,
associated with a higher incidence of injury. Repositioning in finite element (FE) neck …

Passive cervical spine ligaments provide stability during head impacts

C Kuo, J Sheffels, M Fanton, IB Yu… - Journal of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It has been suggested that neck muscle strength and anticipatory cocontraction can
decrease head motions during head impacts. Here, we quantify the relative angular impulse …