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


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.
Carmont
Michael R
MR
The Hartshill Orthopaedic Surgical Unit, The Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, The University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG, UK. mcarmont@hotmail.com
D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006260:Head Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index