TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Trauma injuries sustained by cyclists
JO  - Trauma (Sage)
A1  - Kloss, F. R.
A1  - Tuli, T.
A1  - Haechl, O.
A1  - Gassner, R.
SP  - 77
EP  - 84
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1460-4086
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1460408606072681
ID  - ref1
ER  -