Cervical Spine Segment Modeling at Traumatic Loading Levels for Injury Prediction

Cervical spine injury can range from minor to severe or fatal, where severe injuries can result in incomplete or complete quadriplegia. There are close to 45,000 Canadians currently affected by paralysis due to traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) with an estimated 1700 new cases each year. The major...

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Main Author: DeWit, Jennifer Adrienne
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6590