Citation

Gomes C, Jones N, Heron N. BMJ Open Sport Exerc. Med. 2022; 8(3): e001384.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Publisher BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001384

PMID

36071859

PMCID

PMC9386233

Abstract

[Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. -Wikipedia]

Track cycling is a fast, exciting sport and requires a specific sports-related concussion (SRC) assessment protocol. This paper proposes the first SRC assessment protocol for use in track cycling and proposes that this should occur in three stages. Stage 1 will occur at the trackside, whilst stage 2 occurs in the changing room immediately after the event and stage 3 the day following the suspected SRC. This SRC protocol is in its first iteration and we hope it stimulates debate to allow further refinement.

Language: en

Keywords

trauma; concussion; cycling