Could spinal cord oscillation contribute to spinal cord injury in degenerative cervical myelopathy?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [DCM] is a slow-motion spinal cord injury. Compression and dynamic compression have been considered disease hallmarks. However, this is likely an oversimplification, as compression is more commonly incidental and has only modest correlation to disease severity. MRI studies have recently suggested spinal cord oscillation could play a role.

Research question

To determine if spinal cord oscillation could contribute to spinal cord injury in degenerative cervical myelopathy.

Material and methods

A computational model of an oscillating spinal cord was developed from imaging of a healthy volunteer. Using finite element analysis, the observed implications of stress and strain, were measured in the context of a simulated disc herni

SUBMITTER: Schaefer SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10293319 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature