BACKGROUND: Recreational use of small-wheeled vehicles (SWVs), which include skateboards, longboards, nonmotorized scooters, ice skates, and roller skates or rollerblades, results in numerous injuries in the United States. OBJECTIVE: To describe the nature and severity of @entity131 ( @entity131 ) that result from the use of SWVs in Utah. METHODS: @entity1 who were admitted to any Utah hospital after a SWV-related injury from 2001 through 2010 were identified from the Utah State Trauma Registry. @entity1 who sustained @entity131 were identified by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes. RESULTS: Of 907 @entity1 admitted with SWV injury, 392 (43%) had a @entity131 (85% male). Their mean age was 19.8    0.5 years, including 234 (60%) aged  <=18 and 119 (30%) aged 19 to 29. Most @entity1 sustained @entity131 while using a skate- or longboard (87%). Mean Glasgow Coma Scale score in the emergency department was 12.8    0.2. Thirty-nine percent were admitted to an intensive care unit, and 6% (23) underwent emergent neurosurgical intervention. Thirty-three (8.4%) @entity1 had a concussion; the rest had nonoperative @entity932 . Among @entity1 for whom helmet use data were available, 8 out of 291 (2.7%) @entity1 with @entity131 were wearing a helmet, whereas 24 out of 190 (12.6%) non- @entity131 @entity1 were wearing helmets (P < .001). Overall mortality was higher in @entity131 @entity1 than in non- @entity131 @entity1 (2.3% vs 0.2%, P = .003). CONCLUSION: Young @entity1 , especially males, who ride SWVs in Utah are at risk for serious @entity131 , admission to the intensive care unit, neurosurgical intervention, and @entity204 . Helmet use in these @entity1 is likely rare, but may reduce the risk of @entity131 and @entity204 . ABBREVIATIONS: ED, emergency departmentSWV, small-wheeled vehicleTBI, @entity131 .

Epidemiology of XXXX After Small-Wheeled Vehicle Trauma in Utah.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'people'] @entity131 :: ('MESH:D001930', 'Disease') :: ['TBIs', 'TBI', 'traumatic brain injury', 'traumatic brain injuries'] @entity932 :: ('MESH:D020300', 'Disease') :: ['intracranial hemorrhage'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity131 :: (MESH:D001930,Disease) :: ['Traumatic Brain Injury']
