Cranio-cervical and traumatic brain injury patterns-do they differ between electric bicycle, bicycle, and motorcycle-induced accidents?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

With the growing technical options of power transmission and energy-saving options in electric drives, the number of E-bike-related accidents especially in an elderly population has increased. The aim of the current study was to compare if the increased velocity in comparison to conventional bikes translates into different injury patterns in the cranio-cervical and head region.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed in patients admitted to our level one trauma center between 2009 and 2019 after being involved in an accident with either an E-bike, bicycle, or motorcycle and suffered cranio-cervical or traumatic brain injury.

Outcomes

cranio-cervical/intracranial injury pattern. Data interpretation was conducted in an interdisciplinary approach.

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SUBMITTER: Rauer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666674 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature