Understanding the biomechanics of the neck from injury is crucial for diagnosing and treating TBI. Getting hit straight on, the way a woodpecker moves it's head, will be less damaging than being hit from the side where the neck can twist, causing tearing of white matter connections.
Posted on BrainLine March 1, 2012.
Produced by Noel Gunther and Justin Rhodes, BrainLine.
About the author: Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD
Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD is chief of Neurosurgery at Jamaica Hospital-Cornell Trauma Center, clinical professor of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and president of the Brain Trauma Foundation.
