TY - GEN
T1 - Damage prediction for a cervical spine intervertebral disc
AU - Motiwale, Shruti
AU - Subramani, Adhitya V.
AU - Zhou, Xianlian
AU - Kraft, Reuben H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by ASME.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A large part of the military population develop severe neck pain as a result of complex cyclic loading on the cervical spine. It is hypothesized that this pain is linked to accelerated intervertebral disc degeneration caused by wearing heavier head supported equipments for extended periods of time. This heavy head supported mass exerts high amplitude cyclic loads at the neck that may result in fatigue failure of the intervertebral disc. In this paper, we present a methodology to predict damage in the intervertebral disc over extended periods of time. With this model, we attempt to understand initiation and progression of damage in the disc due to loads exerted on the neck. Such an understanding can be beneficial in the development of better helmets and head mounted equipment for the soldiers.
AB - A large part of the military population develop severe neck pain as a result of complex cyclic loading on the cervical spine. It is hypothesized that this pain is linked to accelerated intervertebral disc degeneration caused by wearing heavier head supported equipments for extended periods of time. This heavy head supported mass exerts high amplitude cyclic loads at the neck that may result in fatigue failure of the intervertebral disc. In this paper, we present a methodology to predict damage in the intervertebral disc over extended periods of time. With this model, we attempt to understand initiation and progression of damage in the disc due to loads exerted on the neck. Such an understanding can be beneficial in the development of better helmets and head mounted equipment for the soldiers.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2016-67711
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2016-67711
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85021657349
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
BT - Biomedical and Biotechnology Engineering
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2016
Y2 - 11 November 2016 through 17 November 2016
ER -