That's what I get for posting at 2 AM. What I meant to get across was that the MAIDS statistics list neck injuries EXCLUDING the cervical spine. In other words, the neck injuries they list are soft tissue (throat, muscles, blood vessels. The spine injuries are listed separately, and that's where you need to look to find the proportions in regard to severity:
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Originally posted by AndrewA
From above mentioned MAIDS Study:
Figure 9.3: Summary of the distribution of PTW rider injuries greater than AIS=1 (number in parenthesis indicates total number of reported injuries for that region, total number of injuries to the PTW rider = 3417)
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I find the rest of the post regarding other devices interesting. They appear to be reviewing the Leatt Brace made for car racing rather than bikes. They differ in design and function differently, it appears to me.