Numerical Models of Spinal Cord Trauma: The Effect of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure and Epidural Fat on the Results

• Published in: Journal of neurotrauma Vol. 38; no. 15; p. 2176
• Main Authors: Arhiptsov, Konstantin, Marom, Gil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue; Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure - physiology; Epidural Space; Humans; Models, Biological; Spinal Cord Injuries; epidural fat; spinal cord injury; smoothed particle hydrodynamics; finite element analysis; burst fracture; cerebrospinal fluid

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is commonly caused by traumatic mechanical damage. Although numerical models can help predict the mechanics of SCI without putting the subjects in danger, previous studies did not focus on alternations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure and did not account for the presenc...