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  • Ghelani, 20201: Rapid increase in intradiscal pressure in porcine cervical spine units negatively impacts annulus fibrosus strength

  • Yagi, 20202: The effect of posterior tethers on the biomechanics of proximal junctional kyphosis: The whole human finite element model analysis

  • Zhang, 20203: Moment-rotation behavior of intervertebral joints in flexion-extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation at all levels of the human spine: A structured review and meta-regression analysis

  • Afquir, 20204: Descriptive analysis of the effect of back protector on the prevention of vertebral and thoracolumbar injuries in serious motorcycle accident

  • Yu, 20195: The impact of body mass index on severity of cervical spine fracture: A retrospective cohort study

Patients with higher BMI may be predisposed to more severe cervical spine fracture in rollover MVA, but not non-rollover MVA or falls.

  • Nishida, 20196: Changes in the Global Spine Alignment in the Sitting Position in an Automobile

Changing posture from standing to sitting decreased CL by an average of 5.3°, slightly decreased TK by an average of 1.3°, increased TLK by an average of 6.8°, decreased LL by an average of 35°, decreased SS by an average of 49.2°, increased PT by an average of 49.2°, shifted C7-SVA backward by an average of 106.7 mm, decreased T1SPI by an average of 18.8°, and increased TPA by an average of 21.1°.

  • Simond, 20197: Discovery of a New Ligament of the Lumbar Spine: The Midline Interlaminar Ligament

Twenty-six out of thirty-four (76.5%) lumbar levels were found to have a MIL traveling on the internal aspect of the most medial aspect of the laminae and positioned slightly anterior to the plane of the ligamenta flava. The mean length and width of the MIL were 9.03±4.29 mm and 4.94±1.56 mm, respectively. The mean force necessary until failure for the MIL was 12.3N.

  • Sato, 20198: Relationship Between Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Alignments in Automotive Seated Posture

Intervertebral region

  • Zhou, 20209: Historical Review of Combined Experimental and Computational Approaches for Investigating Annulus Fibrosus Mechanics

Cervical Spine

  • Putra, 202010: Optimization of Female Head-Neck Model with Active Reflexive Cervical Muscles in Low Severity Rear Impact Collisions

  • Hofler, 202011: Neutral cervical sagittal vertical axis and cervical lordosis vary with T1 tilt

  • Trajkovski, 202012: Analysis of the mechanical response of damaged human cervical spine ligaments

  • Alizadeh, 202013: Biomechanical musculoskeletal models of the cervical spine: A systematic literature review

  • Li, 201914: A review of neck injury and protection in vehicle accidents

  • Tisherman, 201915: Biomechanical Contribution of the Alar Ligaments to Upper Cervical Stability

The alar ligaments also contributed to resistance to intact motion in extension (13.4 ± 6.6%, p < 0.05), flexion (4.4 ± 2.2%, p < 0.05), axial rotation (19.3 ± 2.7%, p < 0.05), and lateral bending (16.0 ± 2.8%, p < 0.05).

  • Zhou, 201916 : Intervertebral Range of Motion Characteristics of Normal Cervical Spinal Segments (C0-T1) during In Vivo Neck (dual fluroscopy)
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  • Wang, 200817: Measurement of Vertebral Kinematics Using Noninvasive Image Matching Method–Validation and Application

  • Yu, 201718: Ranges of Cervical Intervertebral Disc Deformation During an In Vivo Dynamic Flexion–Extension of the Neck

  • Machino, 201619: Age-Related and Degenerative Changes in the Osseous Anatomy, Alignment, and Range of Motion of the Cervical Spine +GenderDifferences

  • Liu, 201520: Are the standard parameters of cervical spine alignment and range of motion related to age, sex, and cervical disc degeneration? +SagittalAllignment

  • Park, 201321: T1 Slope and Cervical Sagittal Alignment on Cervical (CT) Radiographs of Asymptomatic Persons +SagittalAllignment

Thoracic Spine

  • Liebsch, 202022: Thoracic spinal kinematics is affected by the grade of intervertebral disc degeneration, but not by the presence of the ribs: An in vitro study

  • Liebsch, 202023: Rib Presence, Anterior Rib Cage Integrity, and Segmental Length Affect the Stability of the Human Thoracic Spine: An in vitro Study

Lumbar Spine

  • Anna, 202024: Variations Among Human Lumbar Spine Segments and Their Relationships to In Vitro Biomechanics: A Retrospective Analysis of 281 Motion Segments From 85 Cadaveric Spines

This provides extensive biomechanical data for a large number of intact motion segments, along with donor demographic variables, bone mineral density (BMD) measurements, and geometric properties. The objective of this study was to analyze how donor demographics, BMD, and geometric properties of cadaveric lumbar spine segments affect motion segment flexibility, including the range of motion (ROM), lax zone (LZ), and stiff zone (SZ), to help improve our understanding of spinal biomechanics.

  • Bermel, 202025: Asymmetric In-Plane Shear Behavior of Isolated Cadaveric Lumbar Facet Capsular Ligaments: implications for subject specific biomechanical models

  • Tang, 202026: A numerical investigation of factors affecting lumbar spine injuries in frontal crashes #HIII

Parametric simulations were conducted using a set of validated vehicle driver compartment model, restraint system model, and a HIII mid-size male crash test dummy model. Risk factors considered in the study included occupant seating posture, crash pulse, vehicle pitch angle, seat design, anchor pre-tensioner, dynamic locking tongue, and shoulder belt load limiter. Lumbar spine injuries in frontal collision

  • Bach, 201927: Morphometric Analysis of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Height: An Imaging Study

  • Newell, 201928: Material properties of human lumbar intervertebral discs across strain rates

  • Damm, 201929: Lumbar spinal ligament characteristics extracted from stepwise reduction experiments allow for preciser modeling than literature data

  • Cook, 201530: Range of Motion of the Intact Lumbar Segment: A Multivariate Study of 42 Lumbar Spines

  • Kaufman,201331: Burst fractures of the lumbar spine in frontal crashes

  • Pintar, 201232: Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures in Frontal Impact Crashes

  1. Rujavi N. Ghelani, Derek P. Zwambag, and Diane E. Gregory. Rapid increase in intradiscal pressure in porcine cervical spine units negatively impacts annulus fibrosus strength. Journal of Biomechanics, pages 109888, jun 2020. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109888. ↩

  2. Mitsuru Yagi, Yuko Nakahira, Kota Watanabe, Masaya Nakamura, Morio Matsumoto, and Masami Iwamoto. The effect of posterior tethers on the biomechanics of proximal junctional kyphosis: the whole human finite element model analysis. Scientific Reports, feb 2020. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59179-w. ↩

  3. Chaofei Zhang, Erin M. Mannen, Hadley L. Sis, Eileen S. Cadel, Benjamin M. Wong, Wenjun Wang, Bo Cheng, Elizabeth A. Friis, and Dennis E. Anderson. Moment-rotation behavior of intervertebral joints in flexion-extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation at all levels of the human spine: a structured review and meta-regression analysis. Journal of Biomechanics, 100:109579, feb 2020. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109579. ↩

  4. Sanae Afquir, Anthony Melot, Amina Ndiaye, Emmanuelle Hammad, Jean-Louis Martin, and Pierre-Jean Arnoux. Descriptive analysis of the effect of back protector on the prevention of vertebral and thoracolumbar injuries in serious motorcycle accident. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 135:105331, feb 2020. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2019.105331. ↩

  5. Elizabeth Yu, Stephanie Choo, Nikhil Jain, AzeemTariq Malik, and Tania Gennell. The impact of body mass index on severity of cervical spine fracture: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 104:224, 2019. doi:10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_95_19. ↩

  6. Norihiro Nishida, Tomohiro Izumiyama, Ryusuke Asahi, Hideyuki Iwanaga, Hiroki Yamagata, Atsushi Mihara, Nakashima Daisuke, Yasuaki Imajo, Hidenori Suzuki, Masahiro Funaba, Shigeru Sugimoto, Masanobu Fukushima, and Takashi Sakai. Changes in the global spine alignment in the sitting position in an automobile. The Spine Journal, dec 2019. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2019.11.016. ↩

  7. Emily Simond, Joe Iwanaga, Basem Ishak, Miguel Angel Reina, Rod J. Oskouian, and R. Shane Tubbs. Discovery of a new ligament of the lumbar spine: the midline interlaminar ligament. The Spine Journal, December 2019. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2019.12.003. ↩

  8. Fusako Sato, Yusuke Miyazaki, Shigehiro Morikawa, Antonio Ferreiro Perez, Sylvia Schick, Kunio Yamazaki, Karin Brolin, and Mats Svensson. Relationship between cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal alignments in automotive seated posture. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, oct 2019. doi:10.1115/1.4045111. ↩

  9. Minhao Zhou, Benjamin Werbner, and Grace O\textquotesingle Connell. Historical review of combined experimental and computational approaches for investigating annulus fibrosus mechanics. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, feb 2020. doi:10.1115/1.4046186. ↩

  10. I Putu A. Putra, Johan Iraeus, Fusako Sato, Mats Y. Svensson, Astrid Linder, and Robert Thomson. Optimization of female head–neck model with active reflexive cervical muscles in low severity rear impact collisions. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, apr 2020. doi:10.1007/s10439-020-02512-1. ↩

  11. Ryan C. Hofler, Muturi G. Muriuki, Robert M. Havey, Kenneth R. Blank, Joseph N. Frazzetta, Avinash G. Patwardhan, and G. Alexander Jones. Neutral cervical sagittal vertical axis and cervical lordosis vary with t1 tilt. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, pages 1–7, apr 2020. doi:10.3171/2020.2.spine191363. ↩

  12. Ana Trajkovski, Marija Hribernik, Robert Kunc, Matej Kranjec, and Simon Krašna. Analysis of the mechanical response of damaged human cervical spine ligaments. Clinical Biomechanics, pages 105012, apr 2020. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2020.105012. ↩

  13. Mina Alizadeh, Gregory G. Knapik, Prasath Mageswaran, Ehud Mendel, Eric Bourekas, and William S. Marras. Biomechanical musculoskeletal models of the cervical spine: a systematic literature review. Clinical Biomechanics, 71:115–124, jan 2020. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.10.027. ↩

  14. Fan Li, Nian-song Liu, Hong-geng Li, Biao Zhang, Shi-wei Tian, Ming-gang Tan, and Baptiste Sandoz. A review of neck injury and protection in vehicle accidents. Transportation Safety and Environment, 12:89–105, nov 2019. doi:10.1093/tse/tdz012. ↩

  15. Robert Tisherman, Robert Hartman, Kharthik Hariharan, Nicholas Vaudreuil, Gwendolyn Sowa, Michael Schneider, Michael Timko, and Kevin Bell. Biomechanical contribution of the alar ligaments to upper cervical stability. Journal of Biomechanics, pages 109508, nov 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109508. ↩

  16. Chaochao Zhou, Haiming Wang, Cong Wang, Tsung-Yuan Tsai, Yan Yu, Peter Ostergaard, Guoan Li, and Thomas Cha. Intervertebral range of motion characteristics of normal cervical spinal segments c0\-t1 during in vivo neck motions. Journal of Biomechanics, pages 109418, oct 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109418. ↩

  17. Shaobai Wang, Peter Passias, Gang Li, Guoan Li, and Kirkham Wood. Measurement of vertebral kinematics using noninvasive image matching method–validation and application. Spine, 3311:E355–E361, may 2008. doi:10.1097/brs.0b013e3181715295. ↩

  18. Yan Yu, Haiqing Mao, Jing Sheng Li, Tsung Yuan Tsai, Liming Cheng, Kirkham B. Wood, Guoan Li, and Thomas D. Cha. Ranges of cervical intervertebral disc deformation during an in vivo dynamic flexion-extension of the neck. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 1396:1–7, 2017. doi:10.1115/1.4036311. ↩

  19. Masaaki Machino, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Shiro Imagama, Keigo Ito, Yoshito Katayama, Tomohiro Matsumoto, Taro Inoue, Jun Ouchida, Keisuke Tomita, Naoki Ishiguro, and Fumihiko Kato. Age-related and degenerative changes in the osseous anatomy, alignment, and range of motion of the cervical spine. SPINE, 416:476–482, mar 2016. doi:10.1097/brs.0000000000001237. ↩

  20. Baoge Liu, Bingxuan Wu, Tom Van Hoof, Jean-Pierre Kalala Okito, Zhenyu Liu, and Zheng Zeng. Are the standard parameters of cervical spine alignment and range of motion related to age, sex, and cervical disc degeneration? Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 233:274–279, sep 2015. doi:10.3171/2015.1.spine14489. ↩

  21. Ji Hoon Park, Chul Bum Cho, Jun Ho Song, Seok Woo Kim, Yoon Ha, and Jae Keun Oh. T1 slope and cervical sagittal alignment on cervical CT radiographs of asymptomatic persons. Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, 536:356, 2013. doi:10.3340/jkns.2013.53.6.356. ↩

  22. Christian Liebsch, René Jonas, and Hans-Joachim Wilke. Thoracic spinal kinematics is affected by the grade of intervertebral disc degeneration, but not by the presence of the ribs: an in vitro study. The Spine Journal, 203:488–498, mar 2020. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2019.10.006. ↩

  23. Christian Liebsch and Hans-Joachim Wilke. Rib presence, anterior rib cage integrity, and segmental length affect the stability of the human thoracic spine: an in vitro study. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, feb 2020. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2020.00046. ↩

  24. ANNA G.U. SAWA, JENNIFER N. LEHRMAN, NEIL R. CRAWFORD, and BRIAN P. KELLY. Variations among human lumbar spine segments and their relationships to in vitro biomechanics: a retrospective analysis of 281 motion segments from 85 cadaveric spines. International Journal of Spine Surgery, 142:140–150, apr 2020. doi:10.14444/7021. ↩

  25. Emily A. Bermel, Seema Thakral, Amy A. Claeson, Arin M. Ellingson, and Victor H. Barocas. Asymmetric in-plane shear behavior of isolated cadaveric lumbar facet capsular ligaments: implications for subject specific biomechanical models. Journal of Biomechanics, pages 109814, apr 2020. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109814. ↩

  26. Liang Tang, Jiajia Zheng, and Jingwen Hu. A numerical investigation of factors affecting lumbar spine injuries in frontal crashes. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 136:105400, mar 2020. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2019.105400. ↩

  27. Konrad Bach, Jonathan Ford, Robert Foley, Jacob Januszewski, Ryan Murtagh, Summer Decker, and Juan S. Uribe. Morphometric analysis of lumbar intervertebral disc height: an imaging study. World Neurosurgery, 124:e106–e118, apr 2019. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.12.014. ↩

  28. Nicolas Newell, Diagarajen Carpanen, Grigorios Grigoriadis, J. Paige Little, and Spyros D. Masouros. Material properties of human lumbar intervertebral discs across strain rates. The Spine Journal, 1912:2013–2024, dec 2019. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2019.07.012. ↩

  29. Nicolas Damm, Robert Rockenfeller, and Karin Gruber. Lumbar spinal ligament characteristics extracted from stepwise reduction experiments allow for preciser modeling than literature data. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, dec 2019. doi:10.1007/s10237-019-01259-6. ↩

  30. Daniel J. Cook, Matthew S. Yeager, and Boyle C. Cheng. Range of motion of the intact lumbar segment: a multivariate study of 42 lumbar spines. International Journal of Spine Surgery, 9:5, 2015. doi:10.14444/2005. ↩

  31. Robert P. Kaufman, Randal P. Ching, Margaret M. Willis, Christopher D. Mack, Joel A. Gross, and Eileen M. Bulger. Burst fractures of the lumbar spine in frontal crashes. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 59:153–163, oct 2013. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.05.023, doi:10.1016/j.aap.2013.05.023. ↩

  32. Frank A Pintar, Narayan Yoganandan, Dennis J Maiman, Mark Scarboro, and Rodney W Rudd. Thoracolumbar spine fractures in frontal impact crashes. Annals of advances in automotive medicine. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. Annual Scientific Conference, 56:277–283, 2012. ↩