The use of conventional modalities for chronic neck pain remains debatable, primarily
because most treatments have had limited success. We conducted a review of the literature …

Biomechanical testing methodologies for the spine have developed over the past 50 years.
During that time, there have been several paradigm shifts with respect to techniques. These …

Abstract Knowledge of neck muscle activation strategies before sporting impacts is crucial
for investigating mechanisms of severe spinal injuries. However, measurement of muscle …

Head collisions in sport can result in catastrophic injuries to the cervical spine.
Musculoskeletal modelling can help analyse the relationship between motion, external …

In helmet impact testing, parameters including acceleration and velocity are measured using
instrumented head-neck models that are meant to be mechanically realistic (ie biofidelic) …

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the influence of age and injury
mechanism on cervical spine tolerance to injury from head contact loading using survival …

Background Cervical bilateral facet dislocations are among the most devastating spine
injuries in terms of likelihood of severe neurological sequelae. More than half of patients …

Background context High-energy impacts are commonly encountered during sports such as
rugby union. Although catastrophic injuries resulting from such impacts are rare, the …

In Rugby a high proportion of catastrophic cervical spine injuries occur during tackling. In the
injury prevention literature, there is still an open debate on the injury mechanisms related to …

Background The first experimental study to produce cervical facet dislocation (CFD) in
cadaver specimens captured the vertebral motions and axial forces that are important for …