Objective. The responses and contributions of the soft tissue structures of the human neck
are described with a focus on mathematical modeling. Spinal ligaments, intervertebral discs …

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 …

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 …

Cervical spine flexion is a common posture for those using computers, tablets, and
smartphones; the latter being dubbed 'text-neck'in recent years. Coincidentally, flexion has …

This review presents considerations regarding major cervical spine injury, including some
concepts that are presently undergoing evaluation and clarification. Correlation of certain …

Background Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) has a high personal and socio-economic
impact. Effective public health prevention policies that aim to reduce this burden are reliant …

OBJECTIVE: Concussive impacts in professional football were simulated in laboratory tests
to determine the collision mechanics resulting in injury to the struck player and the …

The objective of this paper is to report on the epidemiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) based
on the Australian SCI register and to discuss the implications for prevention. All adult cases …

Coakwell MR, Bloswick DS, Moser Jr R. High-risk head and neck movements at high g and
interventions to reduce associated neck injury. Aviat Space Environ Med 2004; 75: 68–80 …

This paper presents a survey of side impact trauma-related biomedical investigations with
specific reference to certain aspects of epidemiology relating to the growing elderly …