… defined as the horizontal offset between the C-7 plumb line and … Analysis and interpretation
of data: Sparrey. Drafting the … final version of the manuscript on behalf of all authors: Sparrey. …

Large animal contusion models of spinal cord injury are an essential precursor to developing
and evaluating treatment options for human spinal cord injury. Reducing variability in these …

Recent demographics demonstrate an increase in the number of elderly spinal cord injury
patients, motivating the desire for a better understanding of age effects on injury susceptibility. …

… the lumbar spine (Patwardhan et al. 1999), as it contributes to both the load-bearing
capacity and flexibility of the lumbar spine, which are important for activities of daily living (Sparrey …

The development of a non-human primate (NHP) model of spinal cord injury (SCI) based on
mechanical and computational modeling is described. We scaled up from a rodent model to …

Spinal cord injury often results from a compressive load; however, the compression behavior
of spinal cord white matter has not been clearly established. Quantifying the compression …

Study Design. A rat model of thoracic spinal cord contusion was used to examine the effect
of velocity on the primary injury. Objectives. The overall objective of this study was to …

Detection of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activation in white matter has
been increasingly reported despite historically being controversial. Much of the development …

Study Design. A cross-sectional study. Objective. The aim of this study was to assess fatty
infiltration and asymmetry of the multifidus (MF), semispinalis cervicis (SCer), semispinalis …

Non-human primate (NHP) models of spinal cord injury better reflect human injury and
provide a better foundation to evaluate potential treatments and functional outcomes. We …