Injuries Associated With Standing Electric Scooter Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Since September 2017, standing electric scooters have proliferated rapidly as an inexpensive, easy mode of transportation. Although there are regulations for safe riding established by both electric scooter companies and local governments, public common use practices and the incidence and types of injuries associated with these standing electric scooters are unknown.

Objective

To characterize injuries associated with standing electric scooter use, the clinical outcomes of injured patients, and common use practices in the first US metropolitan area to experience adoption of this technology.

Design, setting, and participants

This study of a case series used retrospective cohort medical record review of all patients presenting with injuries associated with sta

SUBMITTER: Trivedi TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484536 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature