TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Mountainbiking--a dangerous sport: comparison with bicycling on oral and maxillofacial trauma
JO  - International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery
A1  - Waldhart, E.
A1  - Emshoff, R.
A1  - Tuli, Tarkan
A1  - Gassner, Robert
SP  - 188
EP  - 191
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
N2  - The popularity of bicycling is reflected in the number of cycling-related oral and maxillofacial injuries. Five hundred and sixty-two injured bicyclists (10.3% of all trauma patients) were registered at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Innsbruck, Austria, between 1991 and 1996, accounting for 31% of all sports-related accidents and 48.4% of all traffic accidents. A review of the patient records revealed more severe injury profiles in sixty mountainbikers, with 55% facial bone fractures, 22% dentoalveolar trauma and 23% soft tissue injuries, compared to 502 street cyclists showing 50.8% dentoalveolar trauma, 34.5% facial bone fractures and 14% soft tissue lesions. The dominant fracture site in bicyclists was the zygoma (30.8%), whereas mountainbikers sustained an impressive 15.2% LeFort I, II and III fractures. Condyle fractures were more common in bicyclists, with 18.8% compared to 10.8% in mountainbikers. Reduction of facial injuries due to cycling-related accidents needs appropriate design of helmets with faceguards and compulsory helmet use for all cyclists, and particularly mountainbikers.
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SN  - 0901-5027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -