Predicting Multiplanar Cervical Spine Injury Due to Head-Turned Rear Impacts Using IV-NIC

This article discusses the possibility of sustaining multiplanar soft-tissue injury due to three-dimensional intervertebral motion that goes beyond physiological limit (whiplash). Research was conducted using a biofidelic whole human cervical spine model, with muscle force replication and surrogate head, in head-turned rear impacts. The research had three goals: 1) to correlate Intervertebral Neck Injury Criterion (IV-NIC) with multiplanar injury, 2) to determine the threshold for IV-NIC injury at each intervertebral level, and 3) to determine the when and how of the intervertebral motion that subsequently caused injury. The research showed that IV-NIC extension peaks correlated best with multiplanar injuries (P < 0.001). Injury thresholds for IV-NIC ranged between 1.1 at C0-C1 and C3-C4 to 2.9 at C7-T1. The correlation between IV-NIC and multiplanar injuries showed a direct link between three-plane intervertebral instability and head-turned rear impacts because of dynamic extension beyond physiological limit.

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• Authors:
  • Ivancic, Paul C
  • Panjabi, Manohar M
  • Tominaga, Yasuhiro
  • Macolmson, George F
• Publication Date: 2006-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 264-275
• Serial:
  • Traffic Injury Prevention
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1538-9588
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15389588.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Cadavers; Crash tests; Crashes; Head; Injuries; Injury causes; Neck; Neck motion range; Rear end crashes; Spinal column; Whiplash
• Uncontrolled Terms: Intervertebral injuries; Soft tissue injuries
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01036764
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 10 2006 12:01PM