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A Contusive Model of Unilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using the Infinite Horizon Impactor
Published on: July 24, 2012
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Correction to: Disc Injury and Spine Loads in Low-to-Moderate-Severity Frontal Impacts
Richard Kent1,2,3, Jason Forman4,5
1Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. rwk3c@virginia.edu.
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
|July 29, 2025
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