Bicycle-Riding Circumstances and Injuries in School-aged Children

Riding a bicycle: Do we need more than a helmet?

“…It is important to note that serious injuries from bicycle handlebar impact may occur even with a history of an apparently minor incident, usually a fall. Such discordance between the apparently minor circumstances and serious injuries sustained by child bicyclists has been presented previously in several publications 9,18,19 …”

Injuries, Risk Factors, and Prevention Strategies in Bicycle Motocross (BMX): A Scoping Review

“… 4 Several studies explored BMX injuries using varied denominators such as injuries over 40 days or 5 weeks, 18 , 35 skatepark injuries, 43 and children who were injured riding BMX bicycles. 32 …”

“…Four studies in hospital settings reported that all of the BMX injuries were a result of blunt force trauma ( n = 5), 14 ( n = 8), 28 ( n = 19), 32 and ( n = 121). 24 The proportions of BMX injuries due to falls and collisions were reported in 2 studies, where 48% (136/284), 26 and 79% (157/199) resulted from falls, 37 and 41% (calculated 116/284) and 12.5% (25/199) resulted from collisions.…”

“…Geographically, most BMX studies were conducted in Europe (37.8%), 1,5,8,9,12,13,16 -18,22,31,35,45 or the United States (24.3%). 14,20,21,23,29,32,38,43,44 Over one-third of studies (35.1%) were published in the decade after the inclusion of BMX in the 2008 Olympics (see Online Appendix 3 for visual representation of publication trends). 1,3,8,9,14,16,19,24,25,28,29,34,38 Most studies were cohort (59.5%), 1,3,5,7,9,10,14,17,18,24 -26,28,31,33,34,37,38,43 -45 or case studies (27.0%), 8,12,13,19…”

Bicycle-Related Injuries to Children and Parental Attitudes Regarding Bicycle Safety

“…Also, data obtained from parents following the ED visit could have been affected by recall bias, a respondent's unwillingness to admit to the truth, or a respondent's wish to please the investigators. Senturia and colleagues 31 reported a high degree of agreement between parent and child telephone inter views. Agreement between parent and child, however, does not necessarily mean that the report of either respondent is an accurate representation of actual events, and this needs to be explored further.…”