
@article{ref1,
title="Bicycle spoke injuries",
journal="Journal of trauma",
year="1980",
author="Mendes, D. G. and Moshel, M. and Roffman, M.",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="325-326",
abstract="From our experience in the Emergency Room, we noticed that a relatively large number of children 2 to 4 years old were injuried while sitting behind their parent riding a bicycle. Their ankles got caught in the spokes of the bicycle's wheel, resulting in a variety of injuries such as skin laceration in the mild cases, but large hematomata and fracture of the distal tibia and fibula in the serious ones. After the initial treatment, a close followup was carried out until full recovery was achieved. In this paper we describe the mechanism of the injury and suggest a device to prevent it, and emphasize the long-term disability after this presumed &quot;minor trauma.&quot;",
language="",
issn="0022-5282",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}