Michael R Carmont1. 1. The Hartshill Orthopaedic Surgical Unit, The Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, The University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG, UK. mcarmont@hotmail.com
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Mountain biking is a fast, exciting adventure sport with increasing numbers of participants and competitions. METHODS AND RESULTS: A search of PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, DH data, and Embase databases was performed using the following keywords: mountain, biking and injuries. This revealed 2 review articles, 17 case controlled studies, 4 case series and 5 case reports. This review summarises the published literature on mountain biking injuries, discusses injury frequency and common injury mechanisms. CONCLUSIONS: Riders are quick to adopt safety measures. Helmet usage is now increasingly common and handlebar adaptations have been discontinued. Although the sport has a reputation for speed and risk with research and awareness, injury prevention measures are being adopted making the sport as safe as possible.
INTRODUCTION: Mountain biking is a fast, exciting adventure sport with increasing numbers of participants and competitions. METHODS AND RESULTS: A search of PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, DH data, and Embase databases was performed using the following keywords: mountain, biking and injuries. This revealed 2 review articles, 17 case controlled studies, 4 case series and 5 case reports. This review summarises the published literature on mountain biking injuries, discusses injury frequency and common injury mechanisms. CONCLUSIONS: Riders are quick to adopt safety measures. Helmet usage is now increasingly common and handlebar adaptations have been discontinued. Although the sport has a reputation for speed and risk with research and awareness, injury prevention measures are being adopted making the sport as safe as possible.
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