• Senthooran Kanthasamy, Reuben Chatterjee, Anish Patel, and Martyn J Parker.
• Research Fellow and Honorary Specialist Registrar, Addenbrookes Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: Senthooran.kanthasamy@nhs.net.
• Injury. 2021 Jul 1; 52 (7): 1846-1850.

AbstractCycling has gained in popularity as a recreational activity and method or travel, in part due to its recognised health benefits in maintenance of good cardiovascular strength and also for environmental issues. As a consequence of this, there is unfortunately an increased number of cycling related injuries. One particular injury incurred is a proximal femoral fracture, but there is little information in the literature with regarding this and its management. This retrospective, single centre, observation study looks at the number of cycling injuries over a six-year period in those under the age of 80. 50 patients were identified at an occurrence of 4.5% of the hip fracture population. The majority were male (n=37, 74%) with an average age of 60. Operative treatment was used for 48 (96%) patients with the majority being treated with internal fixation (n=42, 84%) and arthroplasty for the remainder. Average hospital stay was 5.6 days. One patient continued to complain of pain and subsequently underwent a total hip arthroplasty. The mean follow up for these patients was 1033 days (range 1 year to 7 years). 47 (94%) had full return back to pre-injury levels. Given that cycling is likely to increase in the future, we recommend that early surgical fixation is a viable and functionally positive treatment management in these particular group of patients.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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