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ACTION SPORTS
EMS REVEALS NECK
BRACE STUDY
A
re you still on the fence about wearing a
neck brace? You might want to take a look
at this study put together by Action Sports
EMS, the ambulance service that caters to
amateur motocross races in the Midwest. Ac-
tion Sports EMS has revealed a 10-year study
on the effectiveness of neck braces, collect-
ing data from January 2009 to October 2018
including a total of 9430 patients.
"Over the years we have overhead and had
conversations about the positives and perceived
negatives of wearing various kinds of safety gear,
in particular neck braces," the introduction to the
study reads. "We as a team feel our riders need to
be educated on the mechanics of a neck brace,
what it can and cannot do."
The findings include multiple graphs and statis-
tics, such as the alarming fact that a critical cervi-
cal 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, compared to only 26
with a neck brace.
Click here to see the full Neck Brace Effective-
ness Case Study by Great Lakes EMS Inc. and to
also find out more about Action Sports EMS and
additional studies on safety equipment that are cur-
rently underway. CN
How effective are neck braces? A 10-year study done by
Action Sports EMS attempts to answer that question.
TEAM SUZUKI
ECSTAR EXPANDS
AUSTRALIAN LINE UP
T
he factory Suzuki Ecstar team in the Austra-
lian Superbike Championship will expand
to include former series champion Wayne
Maxwell and Alex Phillis in a factory-supported
satellite operation.
Maxwell, who will join 2017 ASBK Champion
Josh Waters in the factory team for the next
two seasons, has spent the last four seasons
competing for the factory Yamaha Racing Team
in the ASBK series, finishing the 2018 season
in second place to Honda's Troy Herfoss.
Phillis, son of Australian racing legend Rob-
bie and a rider who made one MotoAmerica
appearance for the Aussie Dave Racing Team
in MotoAmerica this season, will get the first
chance in his career to race a factory-support-
ed team in 2019. CN
Maxwell will be back where he won his first
ASBK Championship in 2019 at Suzuki.
