Tag: Exercise: Cycling
Electric Bike Injuries, Hospitalizations Increased Significantly in Recent Years
Incidence of head injuries has outpaced e-bike injuries overall
2012 to 2021 Saw Drop in Bicycle-Related Injuries
Increase in rate of injuries seen among elderly adults; head was most commonly affected body part
AAP: Fractures in Children From Bicycle Riding Down From 2001 to 2021
Only a small minority of patients with skull fractures were wearing helmets
Cycling Common Cause of Sports-Linked Traumatic Spinal Injury
Within sports-related TSIs, rate of spinal cord injury was 13 percent for cycling injuries versus 41 percent for contact sports
Cycling Linked to Reduced All-Cause, CVD Mortality in Diabetes
Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause mortality reduced for one to 59, 60 to 149, 150 to 299, and ≥300 minutes/week
Estimated 596,972 ED Visits for Bicycle-Related TBIs Reported in 2009 to 2018
Highest rates seen for adult men and for children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years
Helmets Are Underutilized by Cyclists in the United States
Blacks, Hispanics, and those aged <17 years have lowest rates of wearing helmets
Cycling Has Little Effect on Men’s Sexual or Urinary Functions
No worse sexual or urinary function, but incidence of urethral stricture higher than swimmers/runners
Cycling Crash Deaths Rising in the United States
Fatal crashes jumped 12 percent in 2015, according to government report
EPO Doping Has Little Effect on Real-World Cycling Performance
Appears to improve high-intensity performance, not endurance or road race performance
