Neck injury is one of the most frequent spine injuries due to the complex structure of the
cervical spine. The high incidence of neck injuries in collision accidents can bring a heavy …

Early biomechanical spine models represented the trunk muscles as straight-line
approximations. Later models have endeavoured to accurately represent muscle curvature …

We present a multibody dynamics model of the feeding apparatus of the large Jurassic
theropod dinosaur Allosaurus that enables testing of hypotheses about the animal's feeding …

Purpose Non-neutral neck positions are important initial conditions in impact scenarios,
associated with a higher incidence of injury. Repositioning in finite element (FE) neck …

Since Euler's original gyro-dynamic analysis nearly two and a half centuries ago, the use of
multi-body dynamics (MBD) has spread widely in application scope from large displacement …

The need to develop feasible computational musculoskeletal models of the spine has led to
the development of several multibody models. Central features in these works are models …

Musculoskeletal models of the cervical spine commonly represent neck muscles with
straight paths. However, straight lines do not best represent the natural curvature of muscle …

Background In spite of the prevalence of occupational neck disorders as a result of work
force fluctuating from industry to sedentary office work, most cervical spine computational …

This article presents the effects of the frontal and rear-end impact loadings on the cervical
spine components by using a multi-body dynamic model of the head and neck, and a …

Traumatic injuries are the leading cause of death to children between the ages of one to
nineteen years in the United States. The primary source of these traumatic injuries is motor …