Cervical spine injuries: A whole-body musculoskeletal model for the analysis of spinal loading
- Submitting institution
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University of Exeter
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2007
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1371/journal.pone.0169329
- Title of journal
- PLoS ONE
- Article number
- ARTN e0169329
- First page
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- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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G - Materials and Manufacturing
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Computational modelling is a valuable tool for the investigation of collision scenarios of the spine, which cannot be easily investigated in-vivo or in-vitro. Models were developed using the OpenSim platform specifically to investigate spinal injuries, which has not been previously achieved. The models are freely available at simtk.org, and have been downloaded over 650 times. This work led to further funding from the Rugby Union Injured Players Foundation (Mike England) to investigate neck injuries, and the models have been used and adapted by other researchers (Jonathan Mortensen and Andrew Merryweather, University of Utah, Anita Vasavada, Washington State University).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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