Thoracic Spine Injuries in Victims of Motorcycle Accidents

Kupferschmid, John P.; Weaver, Micaela; Raves, John J.; Diamond, D L

doi:10.1097/00005373-198905000-00009

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“…15,19,23 Thoracolumbar spinal fractures are frequently common following a fall and high velocity automotive accidents with a higher incidence among unrestrained occupants. 13,16,20,26 In water sports however, the incidence of thorocolumbar spinal fractures is less common and have 514 M.K. Allami et al only been reported following diving, 30,32 and water skiing accidents.…”

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Thoracolumbar spinal injuries following speedboat accidents

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Thoracolumbar spinal injuries following speedboat accidents

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“…The lateral costotransverse ligament, the articular capsule, the superior costotransverse ligament, and the intra-articular ligament provide flexible stability between the transverse process and the rib facets. Due to this stability supplied by the rib cage, the orientation of the facet joints, and the interaction of the vertebrae with ligaments, discs, and muscles, the thoracic spine is more rigid than the cervical or lumbar spine [6][7][8][9]. The forces acting on the spine can be represented as vectors that produce rotation and/or linear displacement and can occur isolated or in combination.…”

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“…Extension movements are limited by the rib cage, anterior longitudinal ligament, and the orientation of the facet joints and lamina. Flexion is also limited by the interspinous and supraspinous ligaments, posterior longitudinal ligaments, and ligamenta flava [6,7]. Most thoracic spine injuries occur during flexion and axial loading; due to these mechanisms of injury, fracture dislocations are more common than compression and burst fractures.…”

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Thoracic spine trauma: advanced imaging modality

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Technological advances in diagnostic imaging make the diagnosis of spinal trauma more accurate both in the acute and in the chronic settings. Improvements in medical care and in diagnostic imaging lead to an increasing prevalence of patients' surviving injuries. The management of these patients depends on early and appropriate radiological evaluation in the acute phase. The aim of this work was to review advanced imaging modalities employed to study thoracic spine and spinal cord in injured patients.

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“…A study of spine injuries in motorcycle accidents by Kupferschmid et al reported on 266 motorcycle accidents [ 177 ]. Thirteen cases of thoracic spine fractures, four cases of cervical spine fractures, and two cases of lumbar spine fractures were identifi ed.…”

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Neck Injury Biomechanics

2014

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This chapter summarizes the research on the biomechanical responses of the neck in a form that will be useful in design of protective systems and in the development of societal strategies to reduce the number of cervical spine injuries. Neck injuries are described in detail and injury mechanisms are explained. Accidents that involve neck injuries are analyzed. Real-life neck injuries are presented and laboratory results are synthesized to provide a rational basis for understanding neck injury. In order to maintain a reasonable scope, we restrict our discussion to severe fractures -those with a high probability of spinal cord injury. Low AIS injuries, such as whiplash, sprains and strains are left to other sources.Most of what we know about catastrophic neck injury comes from two sources: clinical studies including accident reconstruction, and cadaver studies. In the last 30 years, the fi eld of biomechanics has made signifi cant gains in understanding the complex dynamics that accompany both head-impact neck injury and inertial neck injury. Cervical injury mechanisms involve a wide range of loading modes with various combinations of force and concurrent bending moment. Using the historical concepts of excessive head motion as a cause of neck injury frequently leads to paradoxical and incorrect conclusions regarding neck injury mechanism. In contrast, when the neck is viewed as a mechanical structure, whose injury is a consequence of the deformations of a segmented beam column

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Thoracic Spine Injuries in Victims of Motorcycle Accidents

Cited by 37 publications

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Thoracolumbar spinal injuries following speedboat accidents

Thoracolumbar spinal injuries following speedboat accidents

Thoracic spine trauma: advanced imaging modality

Neck Injury Biomechanics

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