Footballs and the principle of intracranial compliance

An easy to illustrate relationship between intracranial volume and intracranial pressure is proposed: Between the bubble and the leather of a slitted football an usual epidural pressure probe is introduced. By successively inflating the ball with a pump, the exponential increment of pressure can be...

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Published in:Neurosurgical review 1994-01, Vol.17 (3), p.221-223
Main Author: MOSKOPP, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - physiology
Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure - physiology
Compliance
Education, Medical
Epidural Space
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects. Models. Methods
Humans
Intracranial Pressure - physiology
Models, Neurological
Neurosurgery - education
Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs
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Summary:An easy to illustrate relationship between intracranial volume and intracranial pressure is proposed: Between the bubble and the leather of a slitted football an usual epidural pressure probe is introduced. By successively inflating the ball with a pump, the exponential increment of pressure can be demonstrated.
ISSN:0344-5607
1437-2320
DOI:10.1007/BF00418439