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Demographic data, the use of a helmet or the lack thereof, accident mechanism, injury time, type of injury produced, and the treatment applied were collected. Results: Over the study period, 397 patients were identified with a total of 422 injuries. The mean age was 30.8 years, with 12.6% of patients being minors. The patients mainly presented in evening hours and in summertime at the emergency department. Of the total injuries seen, 46.9% were fractures. Some 25% of the total cases required surgery. Only 19% of the riders wore a helmet at the time of the accident. Most of the fractures were to the upper limbs (62.6%). There was a greater incidence of radius fractures. Conclusion: Injuries incurred while using electric scooters are an emerging phenomenon, despite existing regulations. In this study, most injuries occurred in young men and were due to falls from the vehicle. Nearly half of those injuries were fractures to the upper limbs. Surprisingly, 50% of the fractures required surgery. Keywords: electric scooters; accidents; epidemiology; incidence; injury; prevention Author: Alexandre Coelho, Pablo Feito, Laura Corominas, Juan Francisco Sánchez-Soler, Daniel Pérez-Prieto, Santos Martínez-Diaz, Albert Alier and Joan Carles Monllau Creator: LaTeX with hyperref Producer: pdfTeX-1.40.21 CreationDate: Wed Jul 28 11:43:01 2021 CEST ModDate: Wed Jul 28 12:04:22 2021 CEST Tagged: no UserProperties: no Suspects: no Form: none JavaScript: no Pages: 8 Encrypted: no Page size: 595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4) Page rot: 0 File size: 688441 bytes Optimized: no PDF version: 1.7 name type encoding emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- --------- CIQLLF+VnURWPalladioL Type 1 Custom yes yes no 10 0 ZMSQWQ+URWPalladioL-Ital Type 1 Custom yes yes no 15 0 PNIBUR+URWPalladioL-Bold Type 1 Custom yes yes no 20 0 OMACJI+URWPalladioL-Roma Type 1 Custom yes yes no 24 0 IOJCNK+VnURWPalladioL-Bold Type 1 Custom yes yes no 28 0 XPUSBJ+TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes no 36 0 BSDWLC+TimesNewRomanPSMT Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes no 39 0 MCBCCI+SourceSansRoman-Regular Type 1C Custom yes yes no 56 0 MCBCCM+SourceSansRoman.613wght Type 1C Custom yes yes no 60 0 MCBCCO+SourceSansRoman-Bold Type 1C Custom yes yes no 64 0 JDUPKS+CMSY10 Type 1 Builtin yes yes no 76 0 KGEDJL+PalatinoLinotype-Bold CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 94 0 KGEDKL+PalatinoLinotype-Roman CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 100 0 KGEDKM+PalatinoLinotype-Italic CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 106 0 KGEDLN+PalatinoLinotype-Italic TrueType WinAnsi yes yes no 112 0 KGEDLO+PalatinoLinotype-Bold TrueType WinAnsi yes yes no 115 0 KGEDLP+PalatinoLinotype-Roman TrueType WinAnsi yes yes no 118 0 KGEEHL+Calibri CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 121 0 KGEFOE+Calibri-Bold CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 127 0 UJUUJI+PazoMath Type 1 Builtin yes yes no 149 0 KGEDJL+PalatinoLinotype-Bold CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 166 0 KGEDKL+PalatinoLinotype-Roman CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 172 0 KGEDKM+PalatinoLinotype-Italic CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 178 0 KGEDLN+PalatinoLinotype-Italic TrueType WinAnsi yes yes no 184 0 KGEDLO+PalatinoLinotype-Bold TrueType WinAnsi yes yes no 187 0 KGEDLP+PalatinoLinotype-Roman TrueType WinAnsi yes yes no 190 0 KGEEHL+Calibri CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 193 0 Jhove (Rel. 1.22.1, 2019-04-17) Date: 2021-09-11 02:56:01 CEST RepresentationInformation: pmc_34362067.pdf ReportingModule: PDF-hul, Rel. 1.12.1 (2019-04-17) LastModified: 2021-08-23 03:36:43 CEST Size: 688441 Format: PDF Version: 1.7 Status: Well-Formed and valid SignatureMatches: PDF-hul MIMEtype: application/pdf PDFMetadata: Objects: 347 FreeObjects: 1 IncrementalUpdates: 0 DocumentCatalog: PageLayout: SinglePage PageMode: UseNone Outlines: Item: Title: Introduction Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@13c27452 Item: Title: Materials and Methods Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@262b2c86 Item: Title: Results Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@371a67ec Item: Title: Discussion Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@5ed828d Item: Title: Conclusions Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@50d0686 Item: Title: References Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@7a3d45bd Info: Title: Electric Scooter-Related Injuries: A New Epidemic in Orthopedics Author: Alexandre Coelho, Pablo Feito, Laura Corominas, Juan Francisco Sánchez-Soler, Daniel Pérez-Prieto, Santos Martínez-Diaz, Albert Alier and Joan Carles Monllau Subject: Background: The use of electric scooters has increased considerably as they are an accessible means of transportation. The number of injuries from falls and collisions has risen significantly. Therefore, the aim of the study was to describe demographics injury patterns of electric scooter accidents produced over one year. Methods: A prospective observational study of electric scooter- related injuries presented in the emergency room from May 2019 until May 2020. The inclusion criteria was based on the direct cause of injury produced while an electric scooter was in use. Demographic data, the use of a helmet or the lack thereof, accident mechanism, injury time, type of injury produced, and the treatment applied were collected. Results: Over the study period, 397 patients were identified with a total of 422 injuries. The mean age was 30.8 years, with 12.6% of patients being minors. The patients mainly presented in evening hours and in summertime at the emergency department. Of the total injuries seen, 46.9% were fractures. Some 25% of the total cases required surgery. Only 19% of the riders wore a helmet at the time of the accident. Most of the fractures were to the upper limbs (62.6%). There was a greater incidence of radius fractures. Conclusion: Injuries incurred while using electric scooters are an emerging phenomenon, despite existing regulations. In this study, most injuries occurred in young men and were due to falls from the vehicle. Nearly half of those injuries were fractures to the upper limbs. Surprisingly, 50% of the fractures required surgery. 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