@article{ref1,
title="Trauma injuries sustained by cyclists",
journal="Trauma (Sage)",
year="2006",
author="Kloss, F. R. and Tuli, T. and Haechl, O. and Gassner, R.",
volume="8",
number="2",
pages="77-84",
abstract="The aim of this article is to review the pertinent literature and to analyse our own data on facial trauma related to bicycling and mountain-biking. This article focuses on the mechanisms and the variety of bicycle related injuries and addresses the advantages of wearing protection clothes. Within the world of bicycling, the popularity of mountain-biking has increased the most dramatically. The main risk factors for the growing number of bicycle-related injuries are not wearing a helmet, age, male sex, unsafe riding techniques and intoxication. Bikers most commonly collide or fall in daily traffic whereas mountain-bikers get hurt whilst descending. The most common types of injury apart from superficial lesions are dentoalveolar trauma and facial fractures. Wearing protective clothing such as a helmet is demonstrably beneficial and so we suggest that the obligatory use of protective wear should be introduced. For a better insight into overall cycling-related trauma further research will be required. Keywords trauma, bicycling, epidemiology, risk factors, accident mechanism, bone fractures (dental trauma)<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1460-4086",
doi="10.1177/1460408606072681",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1460408606072681"
}