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ArticleThe surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland2022

Cycling injuries requiring orthopaedic intervention during the first COVID-19 lockdown period: A multi-centre SCottish Orthopaedic Research collaborativE (SCORE) study.

Alastair Faulkner, David R W MacDonald, David W Neilly, Peter S E Davies, Taegyeong T Ha, Iain M Stevenson, Arpit C Jariwala, SCORE research group

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Article in The surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Orthopaedic, trauma surgery, and Covid-2019 pandemic: clinical panorama and future prospective in Europe.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022
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  7. Lockdowns and cycling injuries: temporal analysis of rates in Quebec during the first year of the pandemic.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023
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Alastair FaulknerDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ninewells Hospital, James Arrott Dr, Dundee, DD2 1SG, UK. Electronic address: alastair.faulkner@nhs.scot.
David R W MacDonaldDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill Rd, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN, UK.
David W NeillyDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill Rd, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN, UK.
Peter S E DaviesDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ninewells Hospital, James Arrott Dr, Dundee, DD2 1SG, UK.
Taegyeong T HaDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle St, Glasgow, G4 0SF, UK.
Iain M StevensonDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill Rd, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN, UK.
Arpit C JariwalaDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ninewells Hospital, James Arrott Dr, Dundee, DD2 1SG, UK.
SCORE research group

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Abstract

introductionThe COVID-19 lockdown resulted in decreased vehicle use and an increased uptake in cycling. This study investigated the trends in cycling-related injuries requiring orthopaedic intervention during the COVID-19 lockdown period compared with similar time periods in 2018 and 2019.

methodsData were collected prospectively for patients in 2020 and collected retrospectively for 2019 and 2018, from hospitals within four NHS Scotland Health Boards encompassing three major trauma centres. All patients who sustained an injury as a result of cycling requiring orthopaedic intervention were included. Patient age, sex, mechanism of injury, diagnosis and treatment outcome from electronic patient records.

resultsNumber of injuries requiring surgery 2020: 77 (mean age/years - 42.7); 2019: 47 (mean age/years - 42.7); 2018: 32 (mean age/years - 31.3). Overall incidence of cycling injuries 2020: 6.7%; 2019: 3.0%; 2018: 2.1%. Commonest mechanism of injury: fall from bike 2020 n = 54 (70.1%); 2019 n = 41 (65.1%); 2018 n = 25 (67.6%). Commonest injury type: fracture 2020 n = 68 (79.1%); 2019 n = 33 (70.2%); 2018 n = 20 (62.5%). Commonest areas affected: Upper extremity: 2020 n = 45 (58.5%); 2019 n = 25 (53.2%); 2018 n = 25 (78.1%). Lower extremity: 2020 n = 23 (29.9%); 2019 n = 14 (29.7%); 2018 n = 7 (21.8%).

conclusionA significant increase in the number of cycling related injuries requiring orthopaedic intervention, a greater proportion of female cyclists and an older mean age of patients affected was observed during the COVID-19 lockdown period compared with previous years. The most common types of injury were fractures followed by lacerations and fracture-dislocations. The upper extremity was the commonest area affected.

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COVID-19Fractures, BoneOrthopedicsBicyclingCommunicable Disease ControlFemaleHumansRetrospective StudiesCoronavirusCOVID-19Cycling injuriesInjuryLockdownOrthopaedicsSports injuryTrauma

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