Exercise R Us » Biking » Bar Ends Can Cause Liver Damage
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Damn…. and I started mountain biking to combat a drinking problem! Fraser www.cyberus.ca/~fmoffatt – Dirt Dog’s Trail Guide
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Crashing is part of mountain biking. Deal with it. If you don’t want to risk injury, don’t ride. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->If these people aren’t clearing the handlebars when they crash, They aren’t doing >it right. They need to go faster. Then liver damage would be the least of their >concerns. 
> says… > >Mountain bikers risk injury from handlebar in a fall > >LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Austrian doctors said on Friday that bar ends, the > >grips attached to mountain bike handlebars to help cyclists climb hills, > appear > >to pose a risk to riders who fall. > >In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, doctors from the Department of > >Surgery at University Hospital in Innsbruck described how eight patients > >suffered liver damage after mountain bike accidents. > >“The handlebar has been implicated in a wide variety of abdominal injuries > but > >we noted that all our patients were using bar,” said Dr Hermann Nehoda. > >The patients all had head injuries, common in bicycle accidents, so they > could > >not remember how they fell. But skin marks where the handlebars had been > driven > >into their abdomens led Nehoda and his colleagues to suspect injury from the > >bar ends that jut upwards from the handlebar. > >“We suggest that there is a greater risk of liver injuries if handlebars > with > >bar ends are used,” they said. > >All of the patients recovered, but Nehoda recommended cyclists use > >forward-inclining, foam-covered bar ends to avoid similar injuries. > >He also advised doctors to examine patients for liver damage in mountain bike > >12:00 01-30-98 > >Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or > >redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similiar means, is > >expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters > >shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any > actions > >taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. >– >Jim Verrette >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ><HTML> >If these people aren’t clearing the handlebars when they crash, They aren’t >doing it right. They need to go faster. Then liver damage would >be the least of their concerns. ><BR> ><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE><A HREF="http://www.planet.eon.net/~homac/"></A> ><BR>says… ><BR>> ><BR>>Mountain bikers risk injury from handlebar in a fall ><BR>> ><BR>>LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Austrian doctors said on Friday that bar >ends, the ><BR>>grips attached to mountain bike handlebars to help cyclists climb >hills, ><BR>appear ><BR>>to pose a risk to riders who fall. ><BR>> ><BR>>In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, doctors from the Department >of ><BR>>Surgery at University Hospital in Innsbruck described how eight patients ><BR>>suffered liver damage after mountain bike accidents. ><BR>> ><BR>>“The handlebar has been implicated in a wide variety of abdominal >injuries ><BR>but ><BR>>we noted that all our patients were using bar,” said Dr Hermann Nehoda. ><BR>> ><BR>>The patients all had head injuries, common in bicycle accidents, so >they ><BR>could ><BR>>not remember how they fell. But skin marks where the handlebars had >been ><BR>driven ><BR>>into their abdomens led Nehoda and his colleagues to suspect injury >from the ><BR>>bar ends that jut upwards from the handlebar. ><BR>> ><BR>>“We suggest that there is a greater risk of liver injuries if handlebars ><BR>with ><BR>>bar ends are used,” they said. ><BR>> ><BR>>All of the patients recovered, but Nehoda recommended cyclists use ><BR>>forward-inclining, foam-covered bar ends to avoid similar injuries. ><BR>> ><BR>>He also advised doctors to examine patients for liver damage in mountain >bike ><BR>> ><BR>>12:00 01-30-98 ><BR>> ><BR>>Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication >or ><BR>>redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similiar >means, is ><BR>>expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. >Reuters ><BR>>shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for >any ><BR>actions ><BR>>taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted >by AOL.</BLOCKQUOTE> > ><P>– ><BR>Jim Verrette ><BR> </HTML>
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If these people aren’t clearing the handlebars when they crash, They aren’t doing it right. They need to go faster. Then liver damage would be the least of their concerns. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > says… >Mountain bikers risk injury from handlebar in a fall >LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Austrian doctors said on Friday that bar ends, the >grips attached to mountain bike handlebars to help cyclists climb hills, > appear >to pose a risk to riders who fall. >In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, doctors from the Department of >Surgery at University Hospital in Innsbruck described how eight patients >suffered liver damage after mountain bike accidents. >“The handlebar has been implicated in a wide variety of abdominal injuries > but >we noted that all our patients were using bar,” said Dr Hermann Nehoda. >The patients all had head injuries, common in bicycle accidents, so they > could >not remember how they fell. But skin marks where the handlebars had been > driven >into their abdomens led Nehoda and his colleagues to suspect injury from the >bar ends that jut upwards from the handlebar. >“We suggest that there is a greater risk of liver injuries if handlebars > with >bar ends are used,” they said. >All of the patients recovered, but Nehoda recommended cyclists use >forward-inclining, foam-covered bar ends to avoid similar injuries. >He also advised doctors to examine patients for liver damage in mountain bike >12:00 01-30-98 >Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or >redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similiar means, is >expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters >shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any > actions >taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
– Jim Verrette
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I guess this is possiable, however properly attached bar ends do not "jut up". They are generally installed almost parrallel to the ground perhaps just up a bit. Homac http://www.planet.eon.net/~homac/ says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Mountain bikers risk injury from handlebar in a fall >LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Austrian doctors said on Friday that bar ends, the >grips attached to mountain bike handlebars to help cyclists climb hills, appear >to pose a risk to riders who fall. >In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, doctors from the Department of >Surgery at University Hospital in Innsbruck described how eight patients >suffered liver damage after mountain bike accidents. >“The handlebar has been implicated in a wide variety of abdominal injuries but >we noted that all our patients were using bar,” said Dr Hermann Nehoda. >The patients all had head injuries, common in bicycle accidents, so they could >not remember how they fell. But skin marks where the handlebars had been driven >into their abdomens led Nehoda and his colleagues to suspect injury from the >bar ends that jut upwards from the handlebar. >“We suggest that there is a greater risk of liver injuries if handlebars with >bar ends are used,” they said. >All of the patients recovered, but Nehoda recommended cyclists use >forward-inclining, foam-covered bar ends to avoid similar injuries. >He also advised doctors to examine patients for liver damage in mountain bike >12:00 01-30-98 >Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or >redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similiar means, is >expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters >shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions >taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
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They are a lot of fun though. One time a friend was biking home from a trail on a back road and was distracted by the senery and plunched a hole into the body of a parked car. He said it was the coolest thing he ever did. Luckily no one saw and he road off. (See Mike some of us MTBers hate cars too.) 
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Mountain bikers risk injury from handlebar in a fall > LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Austrian doctors said on Friday that bar ends, the > grips attached to mountain bike handlebars to help cyclists climb hills, appear > to pose a risk to riders who fall. > In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, doctors from the Department of > Surgery at University Hospital in Innsbruck described how eight patients > suffered liver damage after mountain bike accidents. > “The handlebar has been implicated in a wide variety of abdominal injuries but > we noted that all our patients were using bar,” said Dr Hermann Nehoda. > The patients all had head injuries, common in bicycle accidents, so they could > not remember how they fell. But skin marks where the handlebars had been driven > into their abdomens led Nehoda and his colleagues to suspect injury from the > bar ends that jut upwards from the handlebar. > “We suggest that there is a greater risk of liver injuries if handlebars with > bar ends are used,” they said. > All of the patients recovered, but Nehoda recommended cyclists use > forward-inclining, foam-covered bar ends to avoid similar injuries. > He also advised doctors to examine patients for liver damage in mountain bike > 12:00 01-30-98 > Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or > redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similiar means, is > expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters > shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions > taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
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Interesting refernce. Between this and the impotence scare, I’ll be surprised if I’m still in business in a year! I heard that trees can sometimes damage riders in a fall too. Now if we could only do something about that…Steve – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Mountain bikers risk injury from handlebar in a fall >LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Austrian doctors said on Friday that bar ends, the >grips attached to mountain bike handlebars to help cyclists climb hills, appear >to pose a risk to riders who fall. >In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, doctors from the Department of >Surgery at University Hospital in Innsbruck described how eight patients >suffered liver damage after mountain bike accidents. >“The handlebar has been implicated in a wide variety of abdominal injuries but >we noted that all our patients were using bar,” said Dr Hermann Nehoda. >The patients all had head injuries, common in bicycle accidents, so they could >not remember how they fell. But skin marks where the handlebars had been driven >into their abdomens led Nehoda and his colleagues to suspect injury from the >bar ends that jut upwards from the handlebar. >“We suggest that there is a greater risk of liver injuries if handlebars with >bar ends are used,” they said. >All of the patients recovered, but Nehoda recommended cyclists use >forward-inclining, foam-covered bar ends to avoid similar injuries. >He also advised doctors to examine patients for liver damage in mountain bike >12:00 01-30-98 >Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or >redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similiar means, is >expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters >shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions >taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
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Mountain bikers risk injury from handlebar in a fall LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Austrian doctors said on Friday that bar ends, the grips attached to mountain bike handlebars to help cyclists climb hills, appear to pose a risk to riders who fall. In a letter to The Lancet medical journal, doctors from the Department of Surgery at University Hospital in Innsbruck described how eight patients suffered liver damage after mountain bike accidents. “The handlebar has been implicated in a wide variety of abdominal injuries but we noted that all our patients were using bar,” said Dr Hermann Nehoda. The patients all had head injuries, common in bicycle accidents, so they could not remember how they fell. But skin marks where the handlebars had been driven into their abdomens led Nehoda and his colleagues to suspect injury from the bar ends that jut upwards from the handlebar. “We suggest that there is a greater risk of liver injuries if handlebars with bar ends are used,” they said. All of the patients recovered, but Nehoda recommended cyclists use forward-inclining, foam-covered bar ends to avoid similar injuries. He also advised doctors to examine patients for liver damage in mountain bike 12:00 01-30-98 Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similiar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
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