ISSN: 2165-7548
Eleanor Davidson
United Kingdom
Review Article
The Epidemiology of Cycling Fractures in Adults
Author(s): Court-Brown CM, Morven Allan, Eleanor Davidson and Margaret M McQueen
Court-Brown CM, Morven Allan, Eleanor Davidson and Margaret M McQueen
Objective: To Understand the Epidemiology of Cycling Fractures. Cycling injuries are increasing in incidence but there is, as yet, very little information about which fractures are associated with cycling.
Methods: We have undertaken a prospective study of cycling fractures in adults over a one-year period in 2010- 11. All in-patient and out-patient fractures in patients aged ≥ 16 years were examined.
Results: The results show that 3.6% of all fractures are caused by cycling and that the highest incidence in males is between 30-39 years of age with the highest incidence in females being between 50-59 years. The highest incidence in all types of cycling is in young males following road traffic accidents. Overall 86.5% of the fractures were in the upper limb and 29.3% were around the shoulder with clavicular fract.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000139