Mountain Bikers Are Cautioned To Ride With Care, Major Injuries Do Happen

... Mountain biking is considered a relatively safe sport. However, the sport has grown from a pastime to an Olympic sport, and major injuries are becoming more prevalent. In an article from The American Journal of Sports Medicine published by SAGE Publications, three mountain biking injury cases that resulted in acute cervical spine injuries resulting in tetraplegia, commonly called quadriplegia, are reported. Previously research has commonly only noted serious neck injuries, and no detailed reports have been made on cervical spinal cord injuries in English literature. ...