There is currently no literature available on their ability to restrict cervical spine motion relative to their respective standard designs.

Your doctor will tell you whether your child needs to keep their collar on all the time or if it can be removed.Hard collars are sometimes used for children who have been discharged from a hospital emergency department with ongoing neck pain, but their X-rays are normal and a bone injury is not likely. If there is no deleterious effect on the clinical outcome, do the differences observed between the collars really matter?

Cervical collars are required for multiple reasons, the most common being for fracture management in the neck (broken bone) and the collar is used for management of the fracture, it can also be used for support pre/ post-surgery. If you are allowed to take the collar off for washing, take the opportunity to check the skin for any areas of pressure. Your collar should be removed daily for cleaning of your neck, on dong this you should check to make sure there are no areas of skin irritation/ pressure damage.

If your child needed to wear their collar for 24 hours a day without removing it, after the collar is taken off the skin may be dry and itchy.