코로나바이러스감염증-19 이후 자전거 관련 손상의 역학적 특성open accessEpidemiological Characteristics of Bicycle-related Injuries with the Emergence of the COVID-19
- Other Titles
- Epidemiological Characteristics of Bicycle-related Injuries with the Emergence of the COVID-19
- Authors
- 고봉성; 조승환; 노동영; 김진구
- Issue Date
- Sep-2021
- Publisher
- 대한스포츠의학회
- Keywords
- Bicycle-related injuries; COVID-19; Traffic accidents; Epidemiology
- Citation
- 대한스포츠의학회지, v.39, no.3, pp.110 - 116
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- 대한스포츠의학회지
- Volume
- 39
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 110
- End Page
- 116
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/141049
- DOI
- 10.5763/kjsm.2021.39.3.110
- ISSN
- 1226-3729
- Abstract
- Purpose: Following the outbreak and global spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an increasing number of people have turned to cycling. This study aims to investigate the epidemiology of bicycle-related injuries before and after the emergence of the COVID-19.
Methods: In this retrospective study, we collected medical records of those patients who visited the emergency room for orthopedic injuries related to bicycle accidents. The “COVID-19 period” consisted of the patients identified from April 1 to November 31 in the year 2020, while the “pre-COVID-19 period” consisted of those identified during the same months of the year 2019.
Results: A total of 519 patients were identified. The bicycle-related injuries increased by 5.1% during the COVID-19, in comparison to the pre-COVID-19 period. Among these, 76.3% were men. The highest incidence of the injuries was seen for 10–19 years of age during the pre-COVID-19, and for 50–59 years of age during the COVID-19 period. Overall, upper limb injuries were the commonest, consisting of 32.2% of all injuries. The shoulder injuries were the commonest in the pre-COVID-19, while the knee injuries were the commonest in the COVID-19 period. Assessing the severity of the injuries, contusion (81.8%) was the commonest. Of the injuries requiring hospital admissions, hip injuries had the highest incidence at 76.5%.
Conclusion: During the COVID-19, the total number of bicycle-related injuries did not increase significantly. In the bicycle-related injuries, the middle-age group had the highest proportion during the COVID-19 period. More efficient prevention strategies for middle-aged riders are necessary.
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