Dog Bites among Off-Road Cyclists: A Report of Two Cases

BACKGROUND: As the field of off-road cycling is usually remote areas with limited access to medical care, off-road cyclists are at higher risk of animal attacks and related injuries. CASE PRESENTATION: We report two cases of dog attacks in off-road cycling and discuss the basic principles in prevent...

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Autores principales: Ansari, Majid, Shafiei, Masih, Kordi, Ramin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22461967
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description BACKGROUND: As the field of off-road cycling is usually remote areas with limited access to medical care, off-road cyclists are at higher risk of animal attacks and related injuries. CASE PRESENTATION: We report two cases of dog attacks in off-road cycling and discuss the basic principles in prevention and management of such incidents. The cyclists received all 5-dose regimen of the rabies vaccine and returned to sport after 6 weeks. During 6-month follow-up period, no complications were observed. CONCLUSIONS: To reduce the probability of dog attacks and its complications, the off-road cyclists should be familiar with some basic principles. They should also be educated about initial on-site management of the related injuries, which may have a great impact on decreasing further complications.
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spelling pubmed-33079682012-03-29 Dog Bites among Off-Road Cyclists: A Report of Two Cases Ansari, Majid Shafiei, Masih Kordi, Ramin Asian J Sports Med Case Report BACKGROUND: As the field of off-road cycling is usually remote areas with limited access to medical care, off-road cyclists are at higher risk of animal attacks and related injuries. CASE PRESENTATION: We report two cases of dog attacks in off-road cycling and discuss the basic principles in prevention and management of such incidents. The cyclists received all 5-dose regimen of the rabies vaccine and returned to sport after 6 weeks. During 6-month follow-up period, no complications were observed. CONCLUSIONS: To reduce the probability of dog attacks and its complications, the off-road cyclists should be familiar with some basic principles. They should also be educated about initial on-site management of the related injuries, which may have a great impact on decreasing further complications. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3307968/ /pubmed/22461967 Text en © 2012 Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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