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Research aticle on cycling injuries in an Irish AE

  • 15-06-2016 12:27pm
    #1
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Saw this today in the Irish Medical Journal today.
    Interesting that 30% of those attending had a fracture of some sort and a large number had concussion too.
    Interesting piece although a number of omissions, 2 deaths but no cause given and I can't see if there was a record of helmet wearing and any association with concussion.
    http://imj.ie/2715-2/


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  • #2
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,881 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    RobFowl wrote: »
    I can't see if there was a record of helmet wearing and any association with concussion.
    http://imj.ie/2715-2/

    The information wasn't present, from the article;
    while data collection was rigorous, certain variables such as helmet documentation, location of the injury, exact time and date of the injury or mechanism of injury in particular were not documented in detail. Therefore, the impact of helmet use on the incidence and outcomes of head injury could not be assessed.

    It could make for an interesting ancillary study to survey the members of the cycling board here in that regard. While anecdotal, there seems to be a reasonable number of posts documenting falls with cracked helmets where the cyclist never went to A&E. This information could be a key component to determining the efficacy of helmets, as focusing entirely on A&E data misses the people who didn't have to go to A&E where the helmet did its job.


  • #3
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Whiplash association, would also be interesting. When I split mine, had whiplash bad enough in the weeks after.


  • #4
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,879 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    smacl wrote: »
    It could make for an interesting ancillary study to survey the members of the cycling board here in that regard. While anecdotal, there seems to be a reasonable number of posts documenting falls with cracked helmets where the cyclist never went to A&E. This information could be a key component to determining the efficacy of helmets, as focusing entirely on A&E data misses the people who didn't have to go to A&E where the helmet did its job.

    On a similar note, they note that records for helmets were not well kept so there was no way to ascertain their efficacy. Personally I don't think there would have been anyway, for various reasons, including, as you say those who did not attend A&E. Those whose injuries were minor and took their helmet off before arrival.

    I still don't know why they could not have had notes on those who did mention wearing a helmet on their records. Even in the appendices for people to sift through.

    This said they mention 18.7% of those presented are documented as having a helmet. While they could not ascertain if the remaining 81.3% had a helmet or not, it would have been interesting to see did any of the relatively few head injuries (facial and skull fractures) occur on those wearing a helmet.

    My big question is even if they were reduced, was there a higher rate of neck injury in helmet wearers compared to the definitely not group and the we haven't a notion group. Wouldn't prove anything, it would just have been interesting. Although if they had done it, I would be complaining that it doesn't prove anything.


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