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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yu Yan, Jing Huang, Fan Li, Lin Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4542750