A study of more than 2,000 enduro racers, originally released by the EWS in June 2019, has been published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. The study was conducted by the Edinburgh Napier University over three years using information from the 2017 and 2018 race seasons, and it was funded by the EWS to understand how to make enduro competition safer. It is the largest-ever study of injuries in mountain biking.
Pinkbike covered some
key takeaways from the study in 2019, including that shoulder and collarbone injuries are the most common injuries in enduro and that concussion rates are relatively low, alongside the more concerning finding that nearly a third of riders return to racing immediately after a concussion.
The study led EWS organizers to create a
Concussion Pocket Guide for riders and
another version for race support staff.
The International Journal of Sports Medicine article is
available for free here.
I have seen a friend having a severe concussion. You can not hide that on the day it happens and maybe the day after that. Then trying might be effictive.
What I want to say: You need to make the athletes value their health more than a single marketable win/success.
3 surgeons in a row denied me because of the severity and my age. I finally got a ref. to one of the dudes that works on Red Sox pitchers. He gave me a 30% chance of ever using my arm again, let alone anything athletic. In the 3 months I had to wait before surgery I sank into a vanta black dark place.
November 10, 2016 finally came and I went under for an 8 hour surgery. When they were waking me up the first damn question was "who's the president". I said "FFS put me back down".
Fast forward a couple day and the nerve blocker wore off only to leave me with a paralyzed arm. Paralyzed dominant arm. Go try and wipe your ass with the opposite one.
After 2 month I slowly got back ability to use a few fingers on the dominant and I started PT. Over the next year I did 600 hours of PT at the hospital and another 1000 on my own. I went f*cking mental, determined to make a comeback.
Fast forward to Covid hitting. I got back to 95%!!!. Was able to viking pressing 260 and riding at the level I was day of the accident. The difference? Caution. I don't engage in high consequence stuff any more but I still get after it and holler 'f*ck yeah'.
Didn't read carefully enough to see what proportion of the average entry field is comprised of virgin riders. That fact significantly changes the meaning of the above statement.
We want to know if all the Christmas prizes have been won....to lazy to go check that as well...
I've got a plated collarbone and I'm currently on rehab for an grade 4 AC separation fixed with a dogbone in th3 other shoulder, so can't mess with them much more.
I did my research and found nothing, asked the surgeon (who is also profesionally involved in rugby) and it seems that nothing can prevent those type of injuries.
If you got any information or related study it'll be much appreciated.