title: Motor cycle helmets and facial injuries.
abstract: The design of motor cycle helmets has been changing over the years and at the present time there are two basic types in popular use: "full-face" and "jet" helmets. Both helmet types give good protection to the brain, but, one would think, different degrees of facial protection. A special study of traffic crashes has indicated that full-face helmets provide significantly greater protection against facial injury than do jet helmets. The study also indicated that the wearers of full-face helmets have no greater risk of involvement in road traffic crashes than do the wearers of jet helemts. It is suggested that the use of full-face helmets should be encouraged and consideration given to the revision of helmet standards to require the provision of facial protection.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control; D001315:Australia; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006260:Head Protective Devices; D006801:Humans; D011482:Protective Devices