There is increasing societal concern about the long-term effects of repeated impacts from
soccer heading, but there is little information about ways to reduce head impact severity. The …

Differences in head–neck segment mass, purposeful heading technique, and cervical
strength and stiffness may contribute to differences in head accelerations across sex and …

The safety community is questioning the effect of gender on the performance and
assessment of occupant protection systems. This study consists of: 1) an investigation of …

Head and neck injuries, the leading cause of death for children in the US, are difficult to
diagnose, treat, and prevent because of a critical void in our understanding of the …

Critical traffic situations, such as vehicle collisions and emergency manoeuvres, can cause
an occupant to respond with reflex and voluntary actions. These affect the occupant's …

Objective: Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of injury and mortality for children.
Mitigation of these injuries requires biofidelic anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) to design …

Aims and Objectives: The human spine degenerates with age. Intervertebral disc
degeneration occurs in the cervical spine. The objective of this study is to determine the …

The aim of the study was to evaluate a novel approach to measuring neck muscle load and
activity in vehicle collision conditions. A series of sled tests were performed on 10 healthy …

Cervical pain and injuries are a major health problem globally. Existing neck injury criteria
are based on experimental studies that included sled tests performed with volunteers, post …

The effects of degeneration and surgery on cervical spine mechanics are commonly
evaluated through in vitro testing and finite element models derived from these tests. The …