Bicycle Trauma Injuries and Hospital Admissions in the United States, 1998-2013 | Zendy

Thomas Sanford | Zendy; Charles E. McCulloch | Zendy; Rachael A. Callcut | Zendy; Peter R. Carroll | Zendy; Benjamin N. Breyer | Zendy

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Bicycle Trauma Injuries and Hospital Admissions in the United States, 1998-2013

Author(s) -

Thomas Sanford,

Charles E. McCulloch,

Rachael A. Callcut,

Peter R. Carroll,

Benjamin N. Breyer

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2015.8295

Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , medical emergency , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , medline , pathology , political science , law

Cycling is associated with many health benefits, but also with the risk of injury. Trends in bicycle-related injuries are difficult to assess because the majority of nonfatal injuries sustained while cycling are not reported to police and thus are not included in traffic statistics.1 We sought to evaluate trends in adult cycling injuries and hospital admissions in the United States using emergency department data.

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