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Dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts

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Nightingale, RW; McElhaney, JH; Camacho, DL; Kleinberger, M; Winkelstein, BA; Myers, BS
Published in: Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
November 1, 1997

The dynamics of head and cervical spine impact to determine the effects of head inertia and impact surface on injury risk are explored. Head impact experiments were performed using unembalmed head and neck specimens from 22 cadavers. The experiments demonstrated that in the absence of head pocketing, the head mass can provide sufficient constraint to cause cervical spine injury. The buckling modes illustrate the kinematic complexity of cervical spine dynamics and may explain why injuries can occur at different vertebral levels and with widely varying mechanism in compressive head impacts. Highly deformable padded contact surfaces should be employed carefully in environments where there is the risk for cervical spine injury.

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Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings

ISSN

0585-086X

Publication Date

November 1, 1997

Issue

P-315

Start / End Page

451 / 471

Related Subject Headings

  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
 

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Nightingale, R. W., McElhaney, J. H., Camacho, D. L., Kleinberger, M., Winkelstein, B. A., & Myers, B. S. (1997). Dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts. Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings, (P-315), 451–471.
Nightingale, R. W., J. H. McElhaney, D. L. Camacho, M. Kleinberger, B. A. Winkelstein, and B. S. Myers. “Dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts.” Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings, no. P-315 (November 1, 1997): 451–71.
Nightingale RW, McElhaney JH, Camacho DL, Kleinberger M, Winkelstein BA, Myers BS. Dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts. Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings. 1997 Nov 1;(P-315):451–71.
Nightingale, R. W., et al. “Dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts.” Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings, no. P-315, Nov. 1997, pp. 451–71.
Nightingale RW, McElhaney JH, Camacho DL, Kleinberger M, Winkelstein BA, Myers BS. Dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts. Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings. 1997 Nov 1;(P-315):451–471.

Published In

Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings

ISSN

0585-086X

Publication Date

November 1, 1997

Issue

P-315

Start / End Page

451 / 471

Related Subject Headings

  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering