PMID: 8613449Mar 1, 1996Paper

Experimental impact injury to the cervical spine: relating motion of the head and the mechanism of injury

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume
R W NightingaleB S Myers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze, with use of an impact model, the relationships among motion of the head, local deformations of the cervical spine, and the mechanisms of injury; the model consisted of the head and neck of a cadaver. Traditionally, the mechanisms of injury to the cervical spine have been associated with flexion and extension motions of the head and neck. However, the classification of the mechanisms is not always in agreement with the patient's account of the injury or with lacerations and contusions of the scalp, which indicate the site of the impact of the head. Eleven specimens were dropped in an inverted posture with the head and neck in an anatomically neutral position. Forces, moments, and accelerations were recorded, and the impacts were imaged at 1000 frames per second. The velocity at the time of impact was on the order of 3.2 meters per second. The angle and the padding of the impact surface varied. Observable motion of the head did not correspond to the mechanism of the injury to the cervical spine. Injury occurred 2.2 to 18.8 milliseconds after impact and before noticeable motion of the head. However, the classification of the mechanism of the injuries was descriptive of the local deformatio...Continue Reading

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