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British Medical Bulletin 2008 85(1):101-112; doi:10.1093/bmb/ldn009
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Mountain biking injuries: a review

Michael R. Carmont

The Hartshill Orthopaedic Surgical Unit, The University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG, UK

Correspondence to: M. R. Carmont Specialist Registrar Orthopaedic Surgery The Hartshill Orthopaedic Surgical Unit The Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery The University Hospital of North Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG UK E-mail: mcarmont{at}hotmail.com

Introduction: Mountain biking is a fast, exciting adventure sport with increasing numbers of participants and competitions.

Methods and results: A search of PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, DH data, and Embase databases was performed using the following keywords: mountain, biking and injuries. This revealed 2 review articles, 17 case controlled studies, 4 case series and 5 case reports. This review summarises the published literature on mountain biking injuries, discusses injury frequency and common injury mechanisms.

Conclusions: Riders are quick to adopt safety measures. Helmet usage is now increasingly common and handlebar adaptations have been discontinued. Although the sport has a reputation for speed and risk with research and awareness, injury prevention measures are being adopted making the sport as safe as possible.

Keywords: mountain biking • injury

Accepted for publication January 1, 2008.


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