TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Mountain biking injuries: a review
JO  - British medical bulletin
A1  - Carmont, Michael R.
SP  - 101
EP  - 112
VL  - 85
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.    <p></p>    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1420
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldn009
ID  - ref1
ER  -