[Mountain biking. Cool way to enjoy nature with side effects].
Mountain biking grew from a trend to a serious branch of sport. This article presents the different subspecialties within the sport, the injury rates and the types of injuries among high-class and recreational bikers. The experiences made during several years as a team physician of top athletes as well as the statistics from the Swiss accident insurance company SUVA are the basis for the data presented. The issue of mountain bike-related concussions is particularly discussed since this type of injury is a point of increasing concern in the recent sports traumatology literature.
Arnold
M P
MP
Orthopaedic Department, University Medical Centre, Groningen, Niederlande. m.arnold@orth.umcg.nl
D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology