READ ME File for 'Dataset for Paper "A benchtop evaluation of cervical collar design and strap tension"'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3945

Date that the file was created: 09.02.2026

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: Laurence Russell, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0003-4104-8417

Date of data collection: 2023

Information about geographic location of data collection: South Academic Block, Clinical Academic Facility, University Hospital Southampton, SO16 6YD

This work was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/S02249X/1 for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics and Orthotics.

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licence: CC-BY

Recommended citation for the data: N/A

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: Laurence Jeppe Russell, Davide Filingeri, Liudi Jiang, Peter R Worsley
TITLE: A benchtop evaluation of cervical collar design and strap tension
JOURNAL: Medical Devices: Evidence and Research
PAPER DOI: https://doi.org/10.2147/MDER.S541594

Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A

Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: N/A

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains:

csv files for automated collar application tests with pressure-tension relationship and manual collar application tests with pressure measurements. 

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├── README.txt
└── CollarPressureTensionData.zip
    ├── Automated_Collar_Application
    │   ├── AspendVista_Pressure_Tension_resampled_mean.csv
    │   ├── MiamiJ_Pressure_Tension_resampled_mean.csv
    │   ├── Philadelphia_Pressure_Tension_resampled_mean.csv
    │   └── Stiffneck_Pressure_Tension_resampled_mean.csv
    └── Manual_Collar_Application
        ├── Pressure_Aspen_Vista.csv
        ├── Pressure_Miami_J.csv
        └── Pressure_Philadelphia.csv


Relationship between files, if important for context: N/A

Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: N/A

If data was derived from another source, list source: 

If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: N/A

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation of data:
Pressure data were collected using Tactilus freeform ultra sensitive V series pressure sensors (Sensor Products Inc, US).
Tension data were collected through Loadstar (model: RAS1-250S-S) load cell with USB interface (Loadstar, DI-1000U).

Methods for processing the data:
Automated collar application: Pressure and tension data were resampled at 2.5 Newton tension intervals and then averaged across three repeats.

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Laurence Russell, Peter Worsley

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 
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Automated Collar Application

All pressure readings are in mmHg unless stated otherwise.

Number of variables: 7

Number of cases/rows: 11

Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used:
Tension measurements are in Newtons abbreviated to N.
Pressure measurements are in millimetres of mercury abbreviated to mmHg.
   
Missing data codes: N/A

Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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Manual Collar Application

All pressure readings are in mmHg unless stated otherwise.

Number of variables: 10

Number of cases/rows: 7

Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used:
Pressure measurements are in millimetres of mercury abbreviated to mmHg.
   
Missing data codes: N/A

Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A