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Report on research in strength, elasticity and impact resistance of the cervical vertebrae

Bericht über Festigkeit, Elastizität und Stoßfestigkeit der Halswirbel

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The essential part of the research lay in ascertaining the sort of forces damaging in an injury of the cervical vertebral column and the circumstances under which this can also lead to spinal cord injury. Further study was devoted to the assessment of the force with which a certain part of the cervical vertebral column resists the injuring forces and in what manner it contributes to the final state of injury. The results of this research made it possible to lay down the principles of prevention from as well as treatment of the cervical vertebral column and spinal cord injury.

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Der Hauptteil der vorliegenden Studie befaßt sich mit der Frage, durch welche Art von Gewalteinwirkung die Halswirbelsäule bei einer Verletzung geschädigt wird und unter welchen Umständen dies auch zu Rückenmarksverletzungen führen kann. Ein weiterer Teil der Untersuchung diente der Feststellung, welchen Widerstand ein bestimmter Abschnitt der Halswirbelsäule einer schädigenden Gewalteinwirkung entgegensetzt und inwiefern dieser zum endgültigen Verletzungszustand beiträgt. Aufgrund der Ergebnisse dieser Studie können Prinzipien sowohl zur Vermeidung als auch zur Behandlung von Halswirbelsäulen- und Rückenmarksverletzungen abgeleitet werden.

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  1. Z. Fišer MD, CSc (Head)

    Present address: Neurosurgery Department, Regional Hospital Ostrava III, 70386, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

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    Fišer, Z. Report on research in strength, elasticity and impact resistance of the cervical vertebrae. Unfallchirurgie 11, 111–114 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587943

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