Xavier Bigard

Downhill mountain biking (DHMTB) is one of the more extreme subdisciplines of mountain bike cycling and has been shown to have an injury prevalence as high as 20/1000 hours competition. There is a lack of methodological homogeneity among the prospective injury surveillance studies conducted within DHMTB and across competitive cycling. The risk of injury and injury profile in DHMTB is poorly understood.

Epidemiology Sports medicine Cycling WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS TOPIC Downhill mountain biking (DHMTB) is one of the more extreme subdisciplines of mountain bike cycling and has been shown to have an injury prevalence as high as 20/1000 hours competition. There is a lack of methodological homogeneity among the prospective injury surveillance studies conducted within DHMTB and across competitive cycling. The risk of injury and injury profile in DHMTB is poorly understood.

injury surveillance prospective cycling Cycling consists of multiple disciplines. Indeed, the world governing body for cycling, Union Cycliste Internationale, oversees the cycling disciplines of road cycling, cyclocross, mountain bike, BMX freestyle, BMX racing, track, indoor and paracycling and each of these disciplines has several subcategories of cycling activities.