title: Injuries at the BMX Cycling European Championship, 1989.
abstract: At the BMX Cycling European Championship in 1989 with 976 participants of both sexes, aged between six and 40 years, all injuries were registered. A total of 6.3% of the participants sustained injuries (1.6% per individual start), 52.5% required medical attendance and 3.3% necessitated hospital admission. Women were injured twice as frequently as men. Most injuries, 72.1%, were minor, 6.6% were fractures with 75% of the fractures affecting the upper limbs. BMX bicycle riding has the high injury risk of 1190 injuries per 1000 competition hours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brøgger-Jensen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hvass
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bugge
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors