Injury from electric scooters in Copenhagen: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse injuries related to manual and electric scooter use from January 2016 up to and including July 2019.

Setting

Electric scooter rental services were launched in Denmark in January 2019. The services were provided by private companies. Although rules for handling and riding scooters have been established, no reports either before or after introduction of electric scooters anticipated the full extent of use, and injuries to riders and pedestrians.

Participants

All patient records mentioning manual or electric scooters. Records were reviewed, and data were stratified according to two groups: manual and electric scooters.

Interventions

A predefined survey was completed in all cases where 'scooter' was present. This contained variables such as typ

SUBMITTER: Blomberg SNF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6936991 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature