One study developed a classification and regression tree (CART) model to predict the need for tracheostomy in patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. This model identified key risk ...

Ligaments and muscles connect these vertebrae, and a disc separates most of the vertebrae and acts like a cushion to absorb shock along the spine. Each vertebra is numbered and grouped into 5 regions.

Sonia Gomez Parra, a Ph.D. researcher who mentored the students designing these new models, explains, “Each model comes with a pelvis, cervical models (20 per set), cervical model holder ...

"We imagined the cervical spine as a cantilever bridge," said Zhang ... of the muscular events that precede fatigue. Unlike ...