EXPERIMENTAL SPINAL TRAUMA STUDIES IN THE HUMAN AND MONKEY CADAVER
Compression studies were conducted on the ligamentous thoracolumbar spines of fresh human male cadavers. For comparison, forces were applied to the posterior upper thoracic region of intact seated cadavers. Since thoracolumbar flexion injury routinely involves ligament failure and vertebral body wedge compression fractures, studies were conducted on single vertebral bodies and isolated ligaments. Similar studies were conducted in isolated monkey ligaments. The intact and ligamentous thoracolumbar spines failed predominantly in the region of the thoracolumbar junction at forces from 1113-5110 N. For both the human and monkey cadavers, the anterior longitudinal ligament was the strongest. The human ligaments were 2-5 times stronger than those of the monkey. For the covering abstract of the conference see HS-036 716. (Author/TRRL)
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Supplemental Notes:
- Twenty-Seventh Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings (P-134) with International Research Committee on Biokinetics of Impacts (IRCOBI), San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1983.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA United States 15096 -
Authors:
- Myklebust, J
- Sances, A
- Maiman, D
- Pintar, F
- Chilbert, M
- Rauschning, W
- Larson, S
- Cusick, J
- Ewing, C
- Thomas, D
- Saltzberg, B
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1983
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 149-162
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Animals; Anthropometry; Anthropometry; Biophysics; Cadavers; Compression; Conferences; Crash injury research; Force; Human beings; Injuries; Spinal column; Test procedures; Thorax; Tolerance (Physiology)
- ITRD Terms: 2459: Animal; 2060: Biomechanics; 2093: Cadaver; 5532: Compression; 8525: Conference; 5421: Force; 2055: Human body; 2051: Human tolerance; 2041: Spinal column; 6288: Test method; 2083: Thorax
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00387087
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 831614, HS-036 729
- Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM