Bicycle Injuries In Children Research Articles

Bicycle injuries in children: An analysis based on demographic density

Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics and the outcome of bicycle injuries in paediatric patients according to the living environment, and to create guidelines for injury prevention. Patients The evaluation was performed in part based on hospital database of 1803 in- and out-patient children treated at the Paediatric Surgical Department of Pécs/Hungary between 2000 and 2006, and at the Department of Paediatric Surgery at the Heim Pal Hospital Budapest between 2004 and 2006. Additionally questionnaires were mailed to the patients’ families to gain follow-up information. We analysed three groups according to demographic density (village, midsize town and large town). Results We found, that poor road quality played an important role as a contributing factor of injuries in villages. The number of bicycle spoke-injuries was higher in villages (13%), than in midsize towns (4.6%) and the large town (9.9%). In villages, 5% of children injured wore a helmet; this rate was 9% in midsize towns and 9.1% in the large town. Head injury was more common in villages, while in midsize towns and the large town arm injuries proved to be predominant. Discussion Prevention strategies targeting bicycle injuries in children should take into account the population density. This analysis revealed a substantial difference in the use of safety devices, and in the characteristics of injuries occurring in villages, indicating that there is a need for special attention regarding this higher risk population.

Changing pattern of child bicycle injury in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

To determine if helmet laws and safety campaigns have had an impact on bicycle injuries in children. A comparison of the number of bicycle injuries presented to Whakatane Hospital's Emergency Department in the period 1982-1986 to the period July 1998-December 2005. In the first period there were 597 per 100,000 presentations per annum which increased to 890 per 100,000 per annum in the later period (P<0.01). Fractures increased from 115 to 234 per 100,000 per annum respectively (P=0.02). Injuries from a collision with a moving motor vehicle decreased from 72 to 30 per 100,000 per year and of those the proportion of serious head injuries dropped from 65% to 33%. There were four deaths in the earlier period but none in recent years. Injuries from bicycle use have increased but there has been a marked reduction in collisions with motor vehicles. This is a result of the changing use of bicycles by children.

School based bicycle safety education and bicycle injuries in children: a case-control study

Objectives—To evaluate possible benefits of a school based bicycle safety education program (“Bike Ed”) on the risk of bicycle injury in children. Methods—A population based case-control study was undertaken in...

Prevention of Bicycle-Related Head Injuries

Each year in the United States, bicycling accidents cause approximately 1,300 deaths and 60,000 injuries. The death and injury rates are particularly high among children. The death rate from bicycle injuries in children exceeds the death rate from accidental poisonings, falls, firearm injuries, and many major illnesses. Head trauma is the most frequent cause of death and serious injury among bicyclists. Bicycle helmets have the potential to decrease the frequency and severity of bicycle-related head injury. Unfortunately, however, most bicyclists do not use a helmet. The helmet-use rate is extremely low among children. The failure of bicyclists, particularly children, to use bicycle helmets presents an opportunity for prevention of thousands of the traumatic head injuries that occur annually in the United States. Helmet use could be encouraged by schools, community safety programs, and office-based education by physicians.

BMX bicycle injuries in children

The incidence and severity of injuries occurring on BMX bicycles coming to an Accident and Emergency department (A&E) of a children's hospital have been studied prospectively during a 4-month period in 1984 and compared with the same calendar period 1 year previously, before the increase in BMX sales had occurred. The majority of bicycle accidents in the 1984 period occurred on BMX models. There was a marked increase in the number of injuries seen in 1984 (288) in comparison with 1983 (188), reflecting the increased use of bicycles by children due to the current popularity of BMX models. Although there was an increase in minor injuries in 1984 (182) compared with 1983 (112), the number of severe injuries was less—56 in 1984 (20 per cent) and 68 in 1983 (37 per cent). BMX bicycles, although increasing the number of A&E attendances, have not caused a rise in the number of severe injuries related to bicycles in Edinburgh.

150 bicycle injuries in children: a comparison with accidents due to other causes

One hundred and fifty bicycle accidents seen at the Children's Hospital, Sheffield over a 6-month period from mid-August 1979 were analysed and 9.3 per cent of the cases were admitted. Twenty-two per cent had fractures, 20 per cent had soft tissue injuries of face or scalp, 8 children having damaged their teeth. Of the accidents 17.3 per cent were due to hitting an obstruction, 30.7 per cent were due to loss of control on a hill or corner and 8 per cent were of mechanical origin. Eighty-eight per cent had cycling experience of a year or more, and 32.7 per cent had had previous cycling accidents. Comparison with other types of accidents previously studied at the hospital, involving skateboards, playground equipment or road traffic accidents affecting child pedestrians, showed that by far the most serious were those involving child pedestrians. The injuries from bicycle accidents were similar in severity to those involving skateboards.

Bicycle injuries in children.

Bicycle injuries in children.

Bicycle injuries in children: A.W. Craft, D.A. Shaw and N.E.F. Cartlidge. Br. Med. J. 4: 146–147 (October) 1973

Bicycle injuries in children: A.W. Craft, D.A. Shaw and N.E.F. Cartlidge. Br. Med. J. 4: 146–147 (October) 1973

Bicycle injuries in children.

An analysis of 405 bicycle accidents in children under 15 years of age resulting in their attendance at hospital has shown that those having accidents while riding modern "high-rise" bicycles suffered head injury and bone fracture and required hospital admission more frequently than did those riding conventional models. "High-rise" accidents tended to occur on newly acquired and borrowed machines, suggesting that lack of experience of the handling properties of these bicycles may be a factor in the causation of accidents.