... of severe neck injury during the inertial neck loading condition. The results of the direct head contact tests showed that compressive loads on the neck were reduced with helmet use, but always exceeded injury thresholds with or without a helmet. As expected, helmet use did reduce substantially...

..., the opposite-edge-phenomenon. KEYWORDS: helmet, skiing, snowboarding, head injuries, neck injuries Introduction In recent years, there has been growing awareness of head injuries sustained during recreational sports. The deaths of two well-known individuals in the 1990s helped bring such injuries...