Open AccessEpidemiology, Injury Severity, and Pattern of Standing E-Scooter Accidents: 6-Month Experience from a German Level I Trauma Center
Author(s) -
Frank Graef,
Christian Doll,
Marcel Niemann,
Serafeim Tsitsilonis,
Ulrich Stöckle,
Karl F. Braun,
Jonas Wüster,
Sven Märdian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinics in orthopedic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-4408
pISSN - 2005-291X
DOI - 10.4055/cios20275
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , abbreviated injury scale , injury severity score , trauma center , injury prevention , epidemiology , poison control , occupational safety and health , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , emergency department , surgery , pathology , psychiatry
E-scooter usage was lawfully approved in Germany in June 2019. Since then, a marked increase of e-scooter drivers has been noticed. Evidence concerning factors that may affect the severity of these injuries is limited. The study aimed to retrospectively analyze e-scooter-related injuries in a major German city.