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Investigation of the Effect of Neck Muscle Active Force on Whiplash Injury of the Cervical Spine
The objective of the present study is to investigate the influence of neck muscle activation on whiplash neck injury of the occupants of a passenger vehicle under different severities of frontal and rear-end impact collisions. The finite element (FE) model has been used as a versatile tool to simula...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849760 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4542750 |
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author | Yan, Yu Huang, Jing Li, Fan Hu, Lin |
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description | The objective of the present study is to investigate the influence of neck muscle activation on whiplash neck injury of the occupants of a passenger vehicle under different severities of frontal and rear-end impact collisions. The finite element (FE) model has been used as a versatile tool to simulate and understand the whiplash injury mechanism for occupant injury prevention. However, whiplash injuries and injury mechanisms have rarely been investigated in connection with neck active muscle forces, which restricts the complete reappearance and understanding of the injury mechanism. In this manuscript, a mixed FE human model in a sitting posture with an active head-neck was developed. The response of the cervical spine under frontal and rear-end collision conditions was then studied using the FE model with and without neck muscle activation. The effect of the neck muscle activation on the whiplash injury was studied based on the results of the FE simulations. The results indicated that the neck active force influenced the head-neck dynamic response and whiplash injury during a collision, especially in a low-speed collision. |
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spelling | pubmed-59047782018-05-30 Investigation of the Effect of Neck Muscle Active Force on Whiplash Injury of the Cervical Spine Yan, Yu Huang, Jing Li, Fan Hu, Lin Appl Bionics Biomech Research Article The objective of the present study is to investigate the influence of neck muscle activation on whiplash neck injury of the occupants of a passenger vehicle under different severities of frontal and rear-end impact collisions. The finite element (FE) model has been used as a versatile tool to simulate and understand the whiplash injury mechanism for occupant injury prevention. However, whiplash injuries and injury mechanisms have rarely been investigated in connection with neck active muscle forces, which restricts the complete reappearance and understanding of the injury mechanism. In this manuscript, a mixed FE human model in a sitting posture with an active head-neck was developed. The response of the cervical spine under frontal and rear-end collision conditions was then studied using the FE model with and without neck muscle activation. The effect of the neck muscle activation on the whiplash injury was studied based on the results of the FE simulations. The results indicated that the neck active force influenced the head-neck dynamic response and whiplash injury during a collision, especially in a low-speed collision. Hindawi 2018-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5904778/ /pubmed/29849760 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4542750 Text en Copyright © 2018 Yu Yan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yan, Yu Huang, Jing Li, Fan Hu, Lin Investigation of the Effect of Neck Muscle Active Force on Whiplash Injury of the Cervical Spine |
title | Investigation of the Effect of Neck Muscle Active Force on Whiplash Injury of the Cervical Spine |
title_full | Investigation of the Effect of Neck Muscle Active Force on Whiplash Injury of the Cervical Spine |
title_fullStr | Investigation of the Effect of Neck Muscle Active Force on Whiplash Injury of the Cervical Spine |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of the Effect of Neck Muscle Active Force on Whiplash Injury of the Cervical Spine |
title_short | Investigation of the Effect of Neck Muscle Active Force on Whiplash Injury of the Cervical Spine |
title_sort | investigation of the effect of neck muscle active force on whiplash injury of the cervical spine |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849760 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4542750 |
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