- Joined
- Feb 6, 2006
- Messages
- 11,792
- Reaction score
- 5,333
- Location
- Cape Town, deep in the lentils
- Bike
- KTM 990 Adventure
From a trackside medical services company.
Data in this study has been collected from January 2009 to October 2018, (nearly 10 years) and includes 9430 total patients, 8529 of which fall into the criteria pertaining to wearing (or not wearing) a neck brace, along with Cervical Spine and/or Clavicle injuries, and/or deaths recorded during this time.
So, it's nearly even for those with them and those without. But, it's not even close when looking at the injuries...
A Critical Cervical Spine injury is 89% more likely without a neck brace. Over the course of the 10 year study, there were 239 recorded cases of Critical Cervical Spine injuries without a neck brace, and 26 with a neck brace.
For a long time, it was thought that collarbones were likely to break more with a brace than without. This isn't true - you're 45% more likely to break one without a brace.
Bottom line; not only do braces radically reduce the chance of neck injury, they also reduce the severity and length of medical recuperation.
https://www.actionsportsems.com/_files/ugd/8696ef_07fac69b83344be8bc7cfe2dbdb71a0a.pdf
Data in this study has been collected from January 2009 to October 2018, (nearly 10 years) and includes 9430 total patients, 8529 of which fall into the criteria pertaining to wearing (or not wearing) a neck brace, along with Cervical Spine and/or Clavicle injuries, and/or deaths recorded during this time.
So, it's nearly even for those with them and those without. But, it's not even close when looking at the injuries...
A Critical Cervical Spine injury is 89% more likely without a neck brace. Over the course of the 10 year study, there were 239 recorded cases of Critical Cervical Spine injuries without a neck brace, and 26 with a neck brace.
For a long time, it was thought that collarbones were likely to break more with a brace than without. This isn't true - you're 45% more likely to break one without a brace.
Bottom line; not only do braces radically reduce the chance of neck injury, they also reduce the severity and length of medical recuperation.
https://www.actionsportsems.com/_files/ugd/8696ef_07fac69b83344be8bc7cfe2dbdb71a0a.pdf
