Table 6.

Summary of future research recommendations

Injury characteristics (ie, definition, incidence, rate, classification, mechanism)

• Explore BMX incidence outside of hospital settings. • Classify population by BMX participation level. • Report BMX exposure rates per 100 runs. • Report BMX freestyle injury rates as a rate per number of stunts performed. • Standardized categorization of body regions/body parts. • Precise location categorization for groin, hip/groin, perineum, and/or genital injuries. • Report collisional agent for blunt force injuries where possible. • Description of the direction of fall or collisional agent specific to BMX bike. • Explore reasons why reporting guidelines are inconsistently followed.

Risk factors

• Explore BMX handlebar design elements in prospective cohort designs. • Classify stunts into categories and compare risk factors between stunts to determine modifiability.

Prevention strategies

• Consider context differences between sport and recreational BMX. • Explore nonmandatory equipment (ie, neck braces) prevention implementation context. • Examine the number of riders participating in BMX races.