TY - JOUR T1 - Injuries at the BMX Cycling European Championship, 1989. JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 269 LP - 270 DO - 10.1136/bjsm.24.4.269 VL - 24 IS - 4 AU - T Brøgger-Jensen AU - I Hvass AU - S Bugge Y1 - 1990/12/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/24/4/269.abstract N2 - At the BMX Cycling European Championship in 1989 with 976 participants of both sexes, aged between six and 40 years, all injuries were registered. A total of 6.3% of the participants sustained injuries (1.6% per individual start), 52.5% required medical attendance and 3.3% necessitated hospital admission. Women were injured twice as frequently as men. Most injuries, 72.1%, were minor, 6.6% were fractures with 75% of the fractures affecting the upper limbs. BMX bicycle riding has the high injury risk of 1190 injuries per 1000 competition hours. ER -