Barry S. Myers
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Myers has been a member of the Duke faculty since 1991 and has just completed a three-year role as Managing Director of Licensing and Ventures. His research examines the biomechanics of head and neck injury with the goal of injury prevention. Dr. Myers founded and directs the Coulter Foundation Translational Partnership Program at Duke that provides $1 MM in early stage funding and management to faculty health care innovations annually with a goal of licensing and creating new life science start-up companies. He is also Director of Innovation in the newly formed Duke CTSI where he is responsible for the consult service that provides funding and project management support to faculty translational research projects in the Duke Medical Center. Dr. Myers created and leads a national translational research fund intended to reduce injuries in professional football (https://www.playsmartplaysafe.com/headhealthtech/). Taken together he oversees over $3,000,000/year in funding for life science projects. He also maintains an active consulting practice including the NFL-PA and NASCAR while serving as an Executive-in-Residence at Pappas Ventures advising several start-up companies.
Dr. Myers is considered by many as the preeminent researcher in his field worldwide, having over 100 manuscripts and publications on the subject. Among Dr. Myers many honors are the Stapp Award of Recognition, and the Isbrandt Award for automotive safety from the Society of Automotive Engineers. He is the six-time winner of the Stapp Award for research in impact biomechanics, more than any other individual, and also the Bertil Aldman award for impact biomechanics research. Dr. Myers has worked with all major organizations concerned with safety in the United States including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment. Because of his breadth of experience in injury prevention, Dr. Myers was appointed to the position of Senior Scientific Advisor to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for two years. He has also consulted with most major automobile manufactures and automotive racing organizations worldwide.
Dr. Myers is a Distinguished Professor at Duke University, having received the Bass Chair in recognition of his accomplishments in research and teaching. He is the faculty advisor to four student best graduate student paper competition winners at national meetings. He was responsible for the 2004 revision of the Pratt School of Engineering undergraduate curriculum. He has served as Director of Undergraduate Studies and Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He has also served as Senior Associate Dean for Industrial Partnerships and the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization in the Pratt School of Engineering.
Current Research Interests
An expert in head and neck impact injury biomechanics, Dr. Myers is interested in translational research innovation—overseeing programs to advance faculty research to market.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2003
- Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Initiatives 2018
- Bass Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2008
Contact Information
- Box 90083, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90281, Durham, NC 27708
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bsm@dm.duke.edu
(919) 660-5150
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Duke Coulter Translational Partnership
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Google Scholar
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http://biomechanics.bme.duke.edu
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.B.A., Duke University 2004
- M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 1991
- Ph.D., Duke University 1991
- B.S., University of Toronto (Canada) 1985
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University 2013 - 2014
- Senior Associate Dean for Industrial Partnerships and Research Commercialization, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2009 - 2010
- Anderson-Rupp Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2003 - 2008
- Associate Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2000 - 2004
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1997 - 2002
- Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Basic Science Departments, School of Medicine 1996 - 2001
- Assistant Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 1995 - 1998
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1991 - 1997
- Assistant Research Professor, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 1991 - 1995
- Assistant Research Professor of Orthopaedics in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 1994 - 1995
- Assistant Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1991
- Recognition
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In the News
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SEP 12, 2017 Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute
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Awards & Honors
- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Research
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Duke-NFL Service Agreement awarded by National Football League 2022 - 2027
- Advanced Technology Evaluation Program awarded by Football Research, Inc. 2016 - 2022
- Immunolight 2019 Renewal awarded by Immunolight, LLC 2014 - 2021
- Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Small molecule targeting of dual TRP channels to attenuate inflammation and fibrosis awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center 2016 - 2017
- Request for funding for research on opportunities for entrepreneurs in the exponential era awarded by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 2014
- Mechanical Characterization of the Pediatric Head and Spine: Performance Criteria and Injury Assessment Reference Values for the Next Generation of Child ATDs awarded by Department of Transportation 2008 - 2013
- Training in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2009
- The Mechanical Responses of Human Cervical Spines and Mechanical Neck Surrogates: A Systematic Experimental and Computational Study Designed to Provide ATD Injury Reference Values awarded by Department of Transportation 1999 - 2008
- Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1987 - 2000
- Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1996 - 1999
- Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by National Institutes of Health 1987 - 1999
- Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1998 - 1999
- Claude D Pepper Older Americans Independence Center awarded by National Institutes of Health 1992 - 1999
- Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1994 - 1999
- Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1994 - 1999
- Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury: Geometry, Structural Responses and the Influence of the Musculature on Cervical Impact Tolerance awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1994 - 1999
- Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1993 - 1998
- Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1993 - 1997
- Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center awarded by National Institutes of Health 1993 - 1997
- Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Centers awarded by National Institutes of Health 1992 - 1997
- Collaborative Study of Aging in the US and Australia awarded by National Institute on Aging 1991 - 1996
- Biomechanical Aspects for Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1987 - 1996
- Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1987 - 1996
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External Relationships
- Cytex Therapeutics
- FreeFlow Medical Devices
- NFLPA
- Pappas Capital
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Nightingale, R. W., B. S. Myers, and N. Yoganandan. Neck injury biomechanics, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1732-7_11.Full Text
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Academic Articles
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Bailey, Ann M., James R. Funk, Jeff R. Crandall, Barry S. Myers, and Kristy B. Arbogast. “Laboratory Evaluation of Shell Add-On Products for American Football Helmets for Professional Linemen.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 49, no. 10 (October 2021): 2747–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-021-02842-8.Full Text
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Bailey, Ann M., Erin J. Sanchez, Gwansik Park, Lee F. Gabler, James R. Funk, Jeff R. Crandall, Michael Wonnacott, Chris Withnall, Barry S. Myers, and Kristy B. Arbogast. “Development and Evaluation of a Test Method for Assessing the Performance of American Football Helmets.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 48, no. 11 (November 2020): 2566–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02626-6.Full Text
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Bailey, Ann M., Timothy L. McMurry, Joseph M. Cormier, James R. Funk, Jeff R. Crandall, Christina D. Mack, Barry S. Myers, and Kristy B. Arbogast. “Comparison of Laboratory and On-Field Performance of American Football Helmets.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 48, no. 11 (November 2020): 2531–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02627-5.Full Text
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Funk, James R., Ron Jadischke, Ann Bailey, Jeff Crandall, Joe McCarthy, Kristy Arbogast, and Barry Myers. “Laboratory Reconstructions of Concussive Helmet-to-Helmet Impacts in the National Football League.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 48, no. 11 (November 2020): 2652–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02632-8.Full Text
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Kent, Richard, Jason Forman, Ann Bailey, Joseph Cormier, Gwansik Park, Jeff Crandall, Kristy B. Arbogast, and Barry Myers. “Surface Contact Features, Impact Obliquity, and Preimpact Rotational Motion in Concussive Helmet-to-Ground Impacts: Assessment via a New Impact Test Device.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 48, no. 11 (November 2020): 2639–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02621-x.Full Text
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Lessley, David J., Richard W. Kent, Joseph M. Cormier, Christopher P. Sherwood, James R. Funk, Jeff R. Crandall, Barry S. Myers, and Kristy B. Arbogast. “Position-Specific Circumstances of Concussions in the NFL: Toward the Development of Position-Specific Helmets.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 48, no. 11 (November 2020): 2542–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02657-z.Full Text
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Kent, Richard, Jason Forman, Ann M. Bailey, James Funk, Chris Sherwood, Jeff Crandall, Kristy B. Arbogast, and Barry S. Myers. “The biomechanics of concussive helmet-to-ground impacts in the National Football league.” Journal of Biomechanics 99 (January 2020): 109551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109551.Full Text
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Loyd, Andre Matthew, Roger W. Nightingale, Jason F. Luck, Cameron “Dale” Bass, Hattie C. Cutcliffe, and Barry S. Myers. “The response of the pediatric head to impacts onto a rigid surface.” Journal of Biomechanics 93 (August 2019): 167–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.06.027.Full Text
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Nightingale, Roger W., Cameron R. Bass, and Barry S. Myers. “On the relative importance of bending and compression in cervical spine bilateral facet dislocation.” Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) 64 (April 2019): 90–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2018.02.015.Full Text
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Lessley, David J., Richard W. Kent, James R. Funk, Christopher P. Sherwood, Joseph M. Cormier, Jeff R. Crandall, Kristy B. Arbogast, and Barry S. Myers. “Video Analysis of Reported Concussion Events in the National Football League During the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Seasons.” The American Journal of Sports Medicine 46, no. 14 (December 2018): 3502–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546518804498.Full Text
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Loyd, Andre Matthew, Roger W. Nightingale, Jason F. Luck, Yin Song, Lucy Fronheiser, Hattie Cutcliffe, Barry S. Myers, and Cameron R. Dale Bass. “The compressive stiffness of human pediatric heads.” Journal of Biomechanics 48, no. 14 (November 2015): 3766–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.08.024.Full Text
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Adamski, Kelly Nicole, Andre Matthew Loyd, Albert Samost, Barry Myers, Roger Nightingale, Kathleen Smith, and Cameron R. “Dale” Bass. “Pediatric Coronal Suture Fiber Alignment and the Effect of Interdigitation on Coronal Suture Mechanical Properties.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 43, no. 9 (September 2015): 2101–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-015-1275-x.Full Text
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Loyd, Andre Matthew, Roger W. Nightingale, Yin Song, Jason F. Luck, Hattie Cutcliffe, Barry S. Myers, and Cameron “Dale” Bass. “The response of the adult and ATD heads to impacts onto a rigid surface.” Accident; Analysis and Prevention 72 (November 2014): 219–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2014.06.022.Full Text
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Dibb, Alan T., Hattie C. Cutcliffe, Jason F. Luck, Courtney A. Cox, Barry S. Myers, Cameron R. Bass, Kristy B. Arbogast, Thomas Seacrist, and Roger W. Nightingale. “Pediatric head and neck dynamics in frontal impact: analysis of important mechanical factors and proposed neck performance corridors for 6- and 10-year-old ATDs.” Traffic Injury Prevention 15, no. 4 (January 2014): 386–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2013.824568.Full Text
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Lee, Calvin, Andre M. Loyd, Roger Nightingale, Barry S. Myers, Andrew Damon, and Cameron R. Bass. “Three-dimensional adult male head and skull contours.” Traffic Injury Prevention 15, no. 4 (January 2014): 402–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2013.822492.Full Text
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Wood, Garrett W., Matthew B. Panzer, Jay K. Shridharani, Kyle A. Matthews, Bruce P. Capehart, Barry S. Myers, and Cameron R. Bass. “Attenuation of blast pressure behind ballistic protective vests.” Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 19, no. 1 (February 2013): 19–25. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040277.Full Text
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Dibb, Alan T., Courtney A. Cox, Roger W. Nightingale, Jason F. Luck, Hattie C. Cutcliffe, Barry S. Myers, Kristy B. Arbogast, Thomas Seacrist, and Cameron R. Bass. “Importance of muscle activations for biofidelic pediatric neck response in computational models.” Traffic Injury Prevention 14 Suppl (January 2013): S116–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2013.806795.Full Text
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Luck, Jason F., Roger W. Nightingale, Yin Song, Jason R. Kait, Andre M. Loyd, Barry S. Myers, and Cameron R Dale Bass. “Tensile failure properties of the perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric cadaveric cervical spine.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): E1-12. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182793873.Full Text Link to Item
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Panzer, Matthew B., Barry S. Myers, and Cameron R. Bass. “Mesh considerations for finite element blast modelling in biomechanics.” Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 16, no. 6 (January 2013): 612–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2011.629615.Full Text
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Davis, Matthew T., Andre M. Loyd, Han-yu Henry Shen, Maura H. Mulroy, Roger W. Nightingale, Barry S. Myers, and Cameron Dale Bass. “The mechanical and morphological properties of 6 year-old cranial bone.” Journal of Biomechanics 45, no. 15 (October 2012): 2493–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.001.Full Text
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Panzer, Matthew B., Barry S. Myers, Bruce P. Capehart, and Cameron R. Bass. “Development of a finite element model for blast brain injury and the effects of CSF cavitation.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering 40, no. 7 (July 2012): 1530–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-012-0519-2.Full Text
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Mulroy, Maura H., Andre M. Loyd, Donald P. Frush, Terence G. Verla, Barry S. Myers, and Cameron R Dale Bass. “Evaluation of pediatric skull fracture imaging techniques.” Forensic Sci Int 214, no. 1–3 (January 10, 2012): 167–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.07.050.Full Text Link to Item
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Loyd, Andre M., Roger Nightingale, Cameron R. Bass, Harold J. Mertz, Donald Frush, Clark Daniel, Calvin Lee, Jeffrey R. Marcus, Srinivasan Mukundan, and Barry S. Myers. “Pediatric head contours and inertial properties for ATD design.” Stapp Car Crash J 54 (November 2010): 167–96. https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-22-0009.Full Text Link to Item
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Wood, G. W., M. B. Panzer, C. R. Bass, and B. S. Myers. “Viscoelastic properties of Hybrid III head skin.” Sae Technical Papers, January 1, 2010, 186–93. https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-01-0383.Full Text
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Panzer, M. B., C. R. Bass, R. S. Salzar, J. Pellettiere, and B. Myers. “Evaluation of ear-mounted sensors for determining impact head acceleration.” International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury 2009 International Ircobi Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury, Proceedings, December 1, 2009, 319–22.
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Dibb, Alan T., Roger W. Nightingale, Jason F. Luck, V Carol Chancey, Lucy E. Fronheiser, and Barry S. Myers. “Tension and combined tension-extension structural response and tolerance properties of the human male ligamentous cervical spine.” J Biomech Eng 131, no. 8 (August 2009): 081008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3127257.Full Text Link to Item
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Luck, Jason F., Roger W. Nightingale, Andre M. Loyd, Michael T. Prange, Alan T. Dibb, Yin Song, Lucy Fronheiser, and Barry S. Myers. “Tensile mechanical properties of the perinatal and pediatric PMHS osteoligamentous cervical spine.” Stapp Car Crash Journal 52 (November 2008): 107–34. https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-22-0005.Full Text
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Finan, John D., Roger W. Nightingale, and Barry S. Myers. “The influence of reduced friction on head injury metrics in helmeted head impacts.” Traffic Inj Prev 9, no. 5 (October 2008): 483–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389580802272427.Full Text Link to Item
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Siegmund, Gunter P., Martin B. Davis, Kyle P. Quinn, Elizabeth Hines, Barry S. Myers, Susumu Ejima, Kishiri Ono, Koichi Kamiji, Tsuyoshi Yasuki, and Beth A. Winkelstein. “Head-turned postures increase the risk of cervical facet capsule injury during whiplash.” Spine 33, no. 15 (July 2008): 1643–49. https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0b013e31817b5bcf.Full Text
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Chancey, Valeta Carol, Danielle Ottaviano, Barry S. Myers, and Roger W. Nightingale. “A kinematic and anthropometric study of the upper cervical spine and the occipital condyles.” J Biomech 40, no. 9 (2007): 1953–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.09.007.Full Text Link to Item
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Nightingale, Roger W., V. Carol Chancey, Danielle Ottaviano, Jason F. Luck, Laura Tran, Michael Prange, and Barry S. Myers. “Flexion and extension structural properties and strengths for male cervical spine segments.” J Biomech 40, no. 3 (2007): 535–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.02.015.Full Text Link to Item
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Margulies, Susan, Michael Prange, Barry S. Myers, Matthew R. Maltese, Songbai Ji, Xinguo Ning, Jacob Fisher, Kristy Arbogast, and Cindy Christian. “Shaken baby syndrome: a flawed biomechanical analysis.” Forensic Science International 164, no. 2–3 (December 2006): 278–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.12.018.Full Text
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Prange, Michael T., Jason F. Luck, Alan Dibb, Chris A. Van Ee, Roger W. Nightingale, and Barry S. Myers. “Mechanical properties and anthropometry of the human infant head.” Stapp Car Crash Journal 48 (November 2004): 279–99. https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-22-0013.Full Text
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Burnett, Roger, Jarrod Carter, Verne Roberts, and Barry Myers. “The influence of seatback characteristics on cervical injury risk in severe rear impacts.” Accident; Analysis and Prevention 36, no. 4 (July 2004): 591–601. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-4575(03)00066-6.Full Text
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Nightingale, Roger W., Valeta Carol Chancey, Jason F. Luck, Laura Tran, Danielle Ottaviano, and Barry S. Myers. “The human cervical spine in tension: effects of frame and fixation compliance on structural responses.” Traffic Injury Prevention 5, no. 2 (June 2004): 151–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389580490435213.Full Text
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Quinlan, Kyran P., Joseph L. Annest, Barry Myers, George Ryan, and Howard Hill. “Neck strains and sprains among motor vehicle occupants-United States, 2000.” Accident; Analysis and Prevention 36, no. 1 (January 2004): 21–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-4575(02)00110-0.Full Text
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Chancey, Valeta Carol, Roger W. Nightingale, Chris A. Van Ee, Kurt E. Knaub, and Barry S. Myers. “Improved estimation of human neck tensile tolerance: reducing the range of reported tolerance using anthropometrically correct muscles and optimized physiologic initial conditions.” Stapp Car Crash Journal 47 (October 2003): 135–53. https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-22-0008.Full Text
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Siegmund, Gunter P., David J. Sanderson, Barry S. Myers, and J Timothy Inglis. “Rapid neck muscle adaptation alters the head kinematics of aware and unaware subjects undergoing multiple whiplash-like perturbations.” Journal of Biomechanics 36, no. 4 (April 2003): 473–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9290(02)00458-x.Full Text
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Siegmund, Gunter P., David J. Sanderson, Barry S. Myers, and J Timothy Inglis. “Awareness affects the response of human subjects exposed to a single whiplash-like perturbation.” Spine 28, no. 7 (April 2003): 671–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.brs.0000051911.45505.d3.Full Text
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Shah, Amit N., Ricardo Pietrobon, William J. Richardson, and Barry S. Myers. “Patterns of tumor spread and risk of fracture and epidural impingement in metastatic vertebrae.” J Spinal Disord Tech 16, no. 1 (February 2003): 83–89. https://doi.org/10.1097/00024720-200302000-00013.Full Text Link to Item
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Winkelstein, Beth A., and Barry S. Myers. “Importance of nonlinear and multivariable flexibility coefficients in the prediction of human cervical spine motion.” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 124, no. 5 (October 2002): 504–11. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1504098.Full Text
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Nightingale, Roger W., Beth A. Winkelstein, Kurt E. Knaub, William J. Richardson, Jason F. Luck, and Barry S. Myers. “Comparative strengths and structural properties of the upper and lower cervical spine in flexion and extension.” J Biomech 35, no. 6 (June 2002): 725–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9290(02)00037-4.Full Text Link to Item
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Camacho, D. L., R. W. Nightingale, and B. S. Myers. “The influence of surface padding properties on head and neck injury risk.” J Biomech Eng 123, no. 5 (October 2001): 432–39. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1389086.Full Text Link to Item
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Siegmund, G. P., B. S. Myers, M. B. Davis, H. F. Bohnet, and B. A. Winkelstein. “Mechanical evidence of cervical facet capsule injury during whiplash: a cadaveric study using combined shear, compression, and extension loading.” Spine 26, no. 19 (October 2001): 2095–2101. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-200110010-00010.Full Text
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Winkelstein, B. A., R. E. McLendon, A. Barbir, and B. S. Myers. “An anatomical investigation of the human cervical facet capsule, quantifying muscle insertion area.” J Anat 198, no. Pt 4 (April 2001): 455–61. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19840455.x.Full Text Link to Item
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Winkelstein, B. A., R. E. McLendon, A. N. A. Barbir, and B. S. Myers. “An anatomical investigation of the human cervical facet capsule, quantifying muscle insertion area.” Journal of Anatomy 198, no. 4 (2001): 455–61. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021878201007518.Full Text
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Fields, M. J., K. Hoshijima, A. H. Feng, W. J. Richardson, and B. S. Myers. “A biomechanical, radiologic, and clinical comparison of outcome after multilevel cervical laminectomy or laminoplasty in the rabbit.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 25, no. 22 (November 15, 2000): 2925–31. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-200011150-00015.Full Text Link to Item
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Winkelstein, B. A., and B. S. Myers. “Experimental and computational characterization of three-dimensional cervical spine flexibility.” Stapp Car Crash Journal 44 (November 2000): 139–58. https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-sc11.Full Text
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Winkelstein, B. A., R. W. Nightingale, W. J. Richardson, and B. S. Myers. “The cervical facet capsule and its role in whiplash injury: a biomechanical investigation.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 25, no. 10 (May 15, 2000): 1238–46. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-200005150-00007.Full Text Link to Item
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Fields, M. J., K. Hoshijima, W. J. Richardson, and B. S. Myers. “Clinical outcome scales for use in a rabbit model of cervical myelopathy.” J Spinal Disord 13, no. 2 (April 2000): 124–30. https://doi.org/10.1097/00002517-200004000-00006.Full Text Link to Item
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Nightingale, R. W., D. L. Camacho, A. J. Armstrong, J. J. Robinette, and B. S. Myers. “Inertial properties and loading rates affect buckling modes and injury mechanisms in the cervical spine.” J Biomech 33, no. 2 (February 2000): 191–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9290(99)00156-6.Full Text Link to Item
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Van Ee, C. A., A. L. Chasse, and B. S. Myers. “Quantifying skeletal muscle properties in cadaveric test specimens: effects of mechanical loading, postmortem time, and freezer storage.” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 122, no. 1 (February 2000): 9–14. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.429621.Full Text
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Winkelstein, B. A., R. W. Nightingale, W. J. Richardson, and B. S. Myers. “Cervical facet joint mechanics: Its application to whiplash injury.” Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings P-350 (December 1, 1999): 243–52.
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Winkelstein, B. A., W. J. Richardson, and B. S. Myers. “Mechanical investigation of the role of the cervical facet capsule in whiplash injury.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) Bed 42 (December 1, 1999): 169–70.
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Camacho, D. L., R. W. Nightingale, and B. S. Myers. “Surface friction in near-vertex head and neck impact increases risk of injury.” J Biomech 32, no. 3 (March 1999): 293–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9290(98)00178-x.Full Text Link to Item
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Myers, B. S., C. T. Woolley, T. L. Slotter, W. E. Garrett, and T. M. Best. “The influence of strain rate on the passive and stimulated engineering stress--large strain behavior of the rabbit tibialis anterior muscle.” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 120, no. 1 (February 1998): 126–32. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2834292.Full Text
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Van Ee, C. A., A. L. Chasse, and B. S. Myers. “The effect of postmortem time and freezer storage on the mechanical properties of skeletal muscle.” Sae Technical Papers, January 1, 1998. https://doi.org/10.4271/983155.Full Text
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Camacho, D. L. A., R. W. Nightingale, and B. S. Myers. “Computational modeling of axial neck impact: Influence of head motion and cervical spine buckling on dynamic behavior.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, Amd 225 (December 1, 1997): 275–90.
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Camacho, D. L., R. W. Nightingale, J. J. Robinette, S. K. Vanguri, D. J. Coates, and B. S. Myers. “Experimental flexibility measurements for the development of a computational head-neck model validated for near-vertex head impact.” Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings, no. P-315 (November 1, 1997): 473–86.
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Nightingale, R. W., W. J. Richardson, and B. S. Myers. “The effects of padded surfaces on the risk for cervical spine injury.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 22, no. 20 (October 15, 1997): 2380–87. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199710150-00012.Full Text Link to Item
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Camacho, D. L., R. H. Hopper, G. M. Lin, and B. S. Myers. “An improved method for finite element mesh generation of geometrically complex structures with application to the skullbase.” Journal of Biomechanics 30, no. 10 (October 1997): 1067–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9290(97)00073-0.Full Text
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Winkelstein, B. A., and B. S. Myers. “The biomechanics of cervical spine injury and implications for injury prevention.” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 29, no. 7 Suppl (July 1997): S246–55. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-199707001-00007.Full Text
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Winkelstein, B. A., and B. S. Myers. “The biomechanics of cervical spine injury and implications for injury prevention.” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 29, no. 7 SUPPL. (July 1, 1997).
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Hoshijima, K., R. W. Nightingale, J. R. Yu, W. J. Richardson, K. D. Harper, H. Yamamoto, and B. S. Myers. “Strength and stability of posterior lumbar interbody fusion. Comparison of titanium fiber mesh implant and tricortical bone graft.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 22, no. 11 (June 1, 1997): 1181–88. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199706010-00002.Full Text Link to Item
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Camacho, D. L., R. W. Nightingale, J. J. Robinette, S. K. Vanguri, D. J. Coates, and B. S. Myers. “Experimental flexibility measurements for the development of a computational head-neck model validated for near-vertex head impact.” Sae Technical Papers, January 1, 1997. https://doi.org/10.4271/973345.Full Text
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Nightingale, R. W., A. J. Armstrong, D. L. Camacho, and B. S. Myers. “Cervical spine buckling: The effects of vertebral mass and loading rate.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) Bed 36 (1997): 231–32.
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Nightingale, R. W., J. H. McElhaney, D. L. Camacho, M. Kleinberger, B. A. Winkelstein, and B. S. Myers. “The dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts.” Sae Technical Papers, January 1, 1997. https://doi.org/10.4271/973344.Full Text
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Nightingale, R. W., J. H. McElhaney, D. L. Camacho, M. Kleinberger, B. A. Winkelstein, and B. S. Myers. “The dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts.” Sae Technical Papers, 1997. https://doi.org/10.4271/973344.Full Text
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Best, T. M., J. E. McElhaney, W. E. Garrett, and B. S. Myers. “An optical system to determine axial surface strains in skeletal muscle.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) Bed 33 (December 1, 1996): 229–30.
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Hughes, M. A., B. S. Myers, and M. L. Schenkman. “The role of strength in rising from a chair in the functionally impaired elderly.” Journal of Biomechanics 29, no. 12 (December 1996): 1509–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9290(96)80001-7.Full Text
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Myers, B. S., P. J. Belmont, W. J. Richardson, J. R. Yu, K. D. Harper, and R. W. Nightingale. “The role of imaging and in situ biomechanical testing in assessing pedicle screw pull-out strength.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 21, no. 17 (September 1, 1996): 1962–68. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199609010-00004.Full Text Link to Item
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Nightingale, R. W., J. H. McElhaney, W. J. Richardson, T. M. Best, and B. S. Myers. “Experimental impact injury to the cervical spine: relating motion of the head and the mechanism of injury.” J Bone Joint Surg Am 78, no. 3 (March 1996): 412–21. https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199603000-00013.Full Text Link to Item
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Nightingale, R. W., J. H. McElhaney, W. J. Richardson, and B. S. Myers. “Dynamic responses of the head and cervical spine to axial impact loading.” J Biomech 29, no. 3 (March 1996): 307–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9290(95)00056-9.Full Text Link to Item
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Myers, B. S., C. A. Van Ee, D. L. Camacho, C. T. Woolley, and T. M. Best. “On the structural and material properties of mammalian skeletal muscle and its relevance to human cervical impact dynamics.” Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings, no. P-299 (November 1, 1995): 203–14.
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Best, T. M., J. H. McElhaney, W. E. Garrett, and B. S. Myers. “Axial strain measurements in skeletal muscle at various strain rates.” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 117, no. 3 (August 1995): 262–65. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2794179.Full Text
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McElhaney, J. H., R. H. Hopper, R. W. Nightingale, and B. S. Myers. “Mechanisms of basilar skull fracture.” J Neurotrauma 12, no. 4 (August 1995): 669–78. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.1995.12.669.Full Text Link to Item
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Fyda, T. M., J. J. Callaghan, C. S. Fulghum, A. V. Seaber, and B. S. Myers. “A model of cortical window healing in the rabbit.” Orthopedics 18, no. 2 (February 1995): 177–84. https://doi.org/10.3928/0147-7447-19950201-16.Full Text
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Myers, B. S., C. C. Hasty, D. R. Floberg, R. D. Hoffman, B. J. Leone, and W. J. Richardson. “Measurement of vertebral cortical integrity during pedicle exploration for intrapedicular fixation.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 20, no. 2 (January 15, 1995): 144–48. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199501150-00003.Full Text Link to Item
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Myers, B. S., C. A. Van Ee, D. L. A. Camacho, C. T. Woolley, and T. M. Best. “On the structural and material properties of mammalian skeletal muscle and its relevance to human cervical impact dynamics.” Sae Technical Papers, January 1, 1995. https://doi.org/10.4271/952723.Full Text
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Myers, B. S., and B. A. Winkelstein. “Epidemiology, classification, mechanism, and tolerance of human cervical spine injuries.” Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering 23, no. 5–6 (January 1995): 307–409. https://doi.org/10.1615/critrevbiomedeng.v23.i5-6.10.Full Text
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Hopper, R. H., J. H. McElhaney, and B. S. Myers. “Mandibular and basilar skull fracture tolerance.” Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings, no. P-279 (November 1, 1994): 125–31.
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Myers, B. S., K. B. Arbogast, B. Lobaugh, K. D. Harper, W. J. Richardson, and M. K. Drezner. “Improved assessment of lumbar vertebral body strength using supine lateral dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.” J Bone Miner Res 9, no. 5 (May 1994): 687–93. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.5650090514.Full Text Link to Item
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Best, T. M., J. McElhaney, W. E. Garrett, and B. S. Myers. “Characterization of the passive responses of live skeletal muscle using the quasi-linear theory of viscoelasticity.” Journal of Biomechanics 27, no. 4 (April 1994): 413–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9290(94)90017-5.Full Text
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Hopper, R. H., J. H. McElhaney, and B. S. Myers. “Mandibular and Basilar skull fracture tolerance.” Sae Technical Papers, January 1, 1994. https://doi.org/10.4271/942213.Full Text
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Stranne, S. K., J. J. Callaghan, F. H. Cocks, J. L. Weinerth, A. V. Seaber, and B. S. Myers. “Would revision arthroplasty be facilitated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy? An evaluation including whole bone strength in dogs.” Clin Orthop Relat Res, no. 287 (February 1993): 252–58.Link to Item
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Kliewer, M. A., L. Gray, J. Paver, W. D. Richardson, J. B. Vogler, J. H. McElhaney, and B. S. Myers. “Acute spinal ligament disruption: MR imaging with anatomic correlation.” J Magn Reson Imaging 3, no. 6 (1993): 855–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.1880030611.Full Text Link to Item
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Callaghan, J. J., S. H. Elder, S. K. Stranne, C. F. Fulghum, A. V. Seaber, and B. S. Myers. “Revision arthroplasty facilitated by ultrasonic tool cement removal. An evaluation of whole bone strength in a canine model.” The Journal of Arthroplasty 7, no. 4 (December 1992): 495–500. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0883-5403(06)80070-7.Full Text
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MYERS, B. S., K. BITTENBENDER, B. LOBAUGH, K. D. HARPER, and M. K. DREZNER. “LATERAL DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY - AN IMPROVED METHOD TO ASSESS VERTEBRAL STRENGTH.” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 7 (August 1, 1992): S117–S117.Link to Item
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Myers, B. S., J. H. McElhaney, R. W. Nighingale, and B. J. Doherty. “Quasi-linear modeling of the viscoelastic responses of the human cervical spine in torsion.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) Bed 20 (December 1, 1991): 37–39.
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Nightingale, R. W., B. J. Doherty, B. S. Myers, J. H. McElhaney, and W. J. Richardson. “Influence of end condition on human cervical spine injury mechanisms.” Proceedings Society of Automotive Engineers, no. P-251 (December 1, 1991): 391–99.
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Myers, B. S., J. H. McElhaney, B. J. Doherty, J. G. Paver, and L. Gray. “The role of torsion in cervical spine trauma.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 16, no. 8 (August 1991): 870–74. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199108000-00002.Full Text Link to Item
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Myers, B. S., J. H. McElhaney, and B. J. Doherty. “The viscoelastic responses of the human cervical spine in torsion: experimental limitations of quasi-linear theory, and a method for reducing these effects.” Journal of Biomechanics 24, no. 9 (January 1991): 811–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9290(91)90306-8.Full Text
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Nightingale Roger, W., J. Doherty Brian, S. Myers Barry, H. McElhaney James, and J. Richardson William. “Influence of end condition on human cervical spine injury mechanisms.” Proceedings Society of Automotive Engineers, no. P-251 (1991): 391–99.
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Nightingale, R. W., B. J. Doherty, B. S. Myers, J. H. McElhaney, and W. J. Richardson. “Influence of end condition on human cervical spine injury mechanisms.” Sae (Society of Automotive Engineers) Transactions 100, no. Sect 6 (1991): 2040–48.
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Myers, B. S., J. H. McElhaney, R. W. Nighingale, and B. J. Doherty. “Experimental limitations of quasi-linear theory, and a method for reducing these effects.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) Bed 20 (December 1, 1990): 139–42.
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Myers, B. S., J. H. McElhaney, B. J. Doherty, J. G. Paver, R. W. Nightingale, T. P. Ladd, and L. Gray. “Responses of the human cervical spine to torsion.” Sae Technical Papers, January 1, 1989. https://doi.org/10.4271/892437.Full Text
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McElhaney, J. H., B. J. Doherty, J. G. Paver, B. S. Myers, and L. Gray. “Combined bending and axial loading responses of the human cervical spine.” Sae Technical Papers, January 1, 1988. https://doi.org/10.4271/881709.Full Text
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Book Sections
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Myers, B. S., and C. R. Hallford. “Understanding venture capital in the health industry.” In Medical Innovation: Concept to Commercialization, 65–75, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814926-3.00007-3.Full Text
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Varghese, S., and A. J. Engler. “Musculoskeletal cell mechanics.” In Orthopaedic Biomechanics, 301–23, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1201/b13733.Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Cox, C. A., A. T. Dibb, B. S. Myers, R. W. Nightingale, and C. R. Bass. “Adult head and neck dynamics: A sensitivity analysis study during frontal impact,” Vol. 2016-May, 2016.
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Cox, C. A., A. T. Dibb, H. C. Cutcliffe, R. W. Nightingale, B. S. Myers, A. N. Vasavada, B. L. Suderman, and C. R. Bass. “The influence of muscle modeling methods and paths on head and neck response.” In 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Wccm 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Eccm 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Ecfd 2014, 811–22, 2014.
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Loyd, A. M., R. W. Nightingale, Y. Song, J. F. Luck, H. Cutcliffe, B. S. Myers, and C. D. Bass. “Impact properties of adult and ATD heads.” In 2012 Ircobi Conference Proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, 552–64, 2012.
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Loyd, A. M., R. Nightingale, C. R. D. Bass, H. J. Mertz, D. Frush, C. Daniel, C. Lee, J. R. Marcus, S. Mukundan, and B. S. Myers. “Pediatric Head Contours and Inertial Properties for ATD Design.” In Sae Technical Papers, Vol. 2010-November, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-22-0009.Full Text
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Luck, J. F., R. W. Nightingale, A. M. Loyd, M. T. Prange, A. T. Dibb, Y. Song, L. Fronheiser, and B. S. Myers. “Tensile Mechanical Properties of the Perinatal and Pediatric PMHS Osteoligamentous Cervical Spine.” In Sae Technical Papers, Vol. 2008-November, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-22-0005.Full Text
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Dibb, A. T., R. W. Nightingale, V. C. Chancey, L. E. Fronheiser, L. Tran, D. Ottaviano, and B. S. Myers. “Comparative Structural Neck Responses of the THOR-NT, Hybrid III, and Human in Combined Tension-Bending and Pure Bending.” In Sae Technical Papers, Vol. 2006-November, 2006. https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-22-0021.Full Text
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Oi, N., M. G. Pandy, B. S. Myers, R. W. Nightingale, and V. C. Chancey. “Variation of Neck Muscle Strength Along the Human Cervical Spine.” In Sae Technical Papers, Vol. 2004-November, 2004. https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-22-0017.Full Text
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Siegmund, G., and B. S. Myers. “Human Cervical Motion Segment Flexibility and Facet Capsular Ligament Strain under Combined Posterior Shear, Extension and Axial Compression.” In Sae Technical Papers, Vol. 2000-November, 2000. https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-SC12.Full Text
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Camacho, D. L. A., R. W. Nightingale, and B. S. Myers. “COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AXIAL NECK IMPACT: INFLUENCE OF HEAD MOTION AND CERVICAL SPINE BUCKLING ON DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR.” In Asme International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (Imece), 1997-P:275–90, 1997. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE1997-1203.Full Text
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Nightingale, R. W., A. J. Armstrong, D. L. Camacho, and B. S. Myers. “CERVICAL SPINE BUCKLING: THE EFFECTS OF VERTEBRAL MASS AND LOADING RATE.” In Asme International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (Imece), 1997-H:231–32, 1997. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE1997-0313.Full Text
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Advising & Mentoring
- Dr. Myers has a unique combination of entrepreneurial and life sciences technology translation/commercialization experience. As such he acts as an advisor to faculty on how to position their innovations, negotiate agreements, and advance their technology to market. Through the CTSA consult service Dr. Myers team oversees dozens of funded projects providing strategic guidance to research in therapeutics, devices, diagnostics and combination products. Nationally, he mentors and advises several companies producing safety technologies to facilitate their competing for translational research funds.
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