Citation

Hakim NS, King AI. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1976; 20: 609-639.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

DOI

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Abstract

The paper reports on a study to investigate the magnitude of the facet load during static and dynamic loading of an excised spinel segment. The applied load resulted in a close simulation of those experienced by the intervertebral disc during whole-body impacts. An intervertebral load cell was used as the controlling mechanism in the duplication of the whole-body run in a testing machine. During these tests, both the total spine load and the intervertebral load were measured and thus the facet load was determined without relying on any assumptions. Results from tests of 5 different cadaveric spinal segments, involving 32 static runs and 62 dynamic runs, are presented.