Citation

Moffatt EA, Siegel AW, Huelke DF, Nahum AM. Proc. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1978; 22(1): 151-168.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

The mechanism of cervical injuries in automobile collisions can often be determined through accident reconstruction. Presented here is a description of some of the causes of cervical loading observed in crashes and resultant injury patterns which are commonly observed. The causes of cervical forces are described as either inertial loads, arising from unequal restraint of the head and torso, or compressing loads, due to external forces pressing against the body in opposite directions. The difference between these forces is described, as it usually results in different mechanisms of injury, requiring different forms of protection.