There are now real world statistics proving the motocross neck braces do in fact work. Great Lakes EMS is an ambulance service that caters to the amateur motorsports world. More specifically motocross, and racing in the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study of rider injuries and safety gear has been their focus since 2013, and since then they have gathered 10 years of data to share with the motorsports industry. The following information is their report on the study of motocross neck brace effectiveness. You can view the full report here<\/a>. If you’re just looking for the best neck brace, check out my review of the top dirt bike neck braces<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the 10 years of analysis, the EMS group have heard various claims that have been made against the use of motorcycle neck braces. Whether these be personal opinions, stories heard through the grapevine, or words of \u201cwisdom\u201d past down from father to son. Here are a few that you might be familiar with<\/p>\n\n\n\n Riders need to be educated about what a neck brace can and can\u2019t do. Many of the principal’s from the points above can be said for seat belts and air bag\u2019s many years ago. Great Lakes EMS have set out to disprove many of these myths and have done an outstanding job doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The results shared through their studies have shown that manufacturers of neck braces have indeed made Motorsport more safe and are providing the intended results \u2013 as they had claimed many years back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The data collected in the study spans over a period of nearly 10 years (from 2009 until 2018) and includes 9430 patients. Of these patients, 8529 fall into the criteria of wearing (or not wearing) a neck brace, along with Cervical Spine and\/or Clavicle injuries, and\/or deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remaining subjects were studied prior to the brace or no brace question was implemented \u2013 in these cases, subjects were excluded from the study.Out of the 8529 recorded patients, 4726 of them were marked as not wearing<\/strong> a brace during the time or place of injury. The remaining 3803 were all wearing a neck brace <\/strong>during the time of injury. FYI \u2013 for all of you that are not statisticians, this is a very robust sample size for both the \u201cYES\u201d and \u201cNO\u201d subjects. Below are the astonishing results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
1. A Critical Cervical Spine Injury is 89% More Likely Without a Neck Brace.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n