Back Protector Talk

FT BSTRD · 11-23-2008, 11:05 PM

One factor not noted in the YTARN database
was the clothing being worn by motorcyclists and
their pillion passengers at the time of the accident.
We have shown that injuries to the abdomen and to
the chest have as great an effect on mortality rates
as head injuries ; it may be prudent to look at protective
clothing in future studies. Compulsory helmet
use is known to have reduced the incidence of
head injury (4). Can appropriate clothing, e.g.
‘leathers’ or body armor, have a similar effect on
chest and abdominal injuries ?

http://www.actaorthopaedica.be/acta/...n-bellamy-.pdf

11-23-2008, 11:05 PM	#20
FT BSTRD Tractor Driver Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Franklin, TN Moto: Buell XB12X Ulysses Posts: 1,007	One factor not noted in the YTARN database was the clothing being worn by motorcyclists and their pillion passengers at the time of the accident. We have shown that injuries to the abdomen and to the chest have as great an effect on mortality rates as head injuries ; it may be prudent to look at protective clothing in future studies. Compulsory helmet use is known to have reduced the incidence of head injury (4). Can appropriate clothing, e.g. ‘leathers’ or body armor, have a similar effect on chest and abdominal injuries ? http://www.actaorthopaedica.be/acta/...n-bellamy-.pdf __________________ "I do get tired of reading,'my buddy is a racer and says the Buell will never work' I always want to say 'Who the FCK is your buddy and is he faster than Shawn Higbee?" --Erik Buell*