Articles by Michael Maloon in JoVE

A Contusive Model of Unilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using the Infinite Horizon Impactor

JoVE 3313 7/24/2012

Jae H.T. Lee¹, Femke Streijger¹, Seth Tigchelaar¹, Michael Maloon¹, Jie Liu¹, Wolfram Tetzlaff¹, Brian K. Kwon^1,2

¹International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, ²Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia

A reliable and repeatable way to produce a cervical unilateral spinal cord injury using the Infinite Horizon impactor is described. The method takes advantage of a custom designed frame and clamp to stabilize the spine. The standardized procedure and biomechanical injury parameters result in sufficient and sustained injuries.