Correlation between use of open footwear and incidence of open foot fractures in Brazilian bikers: a case-control study
International Journal of Development Research
Correlation between use of open footwear and incidence of open foot fractures in Brazilian bikers: a case-control study
Received 28th February, 2019; Received in revised form 06th March, 2019; Accepted 19th April, 2019; Published online 30th May, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Thiago Danillo Rodrigues De Almeida et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: The rising number of motorcycle accidents is a major cause of death and disability, especially in the lower limbs. Objectives To study the influence of footwear type in the occurrence of open fractures. Patients and Methods: A case-control study. We interviewed 54 patients cared for at the Getúlio Vargas Hospital, a tertiary reference orthopedics center that underwent care for fractures of the foot. We aimed to compare the incidence of open fractures between patients who wore closed footwear at the time of the accident and those that did not. Results: There was a statistically significant correlation between the use of open footwear and the open fractures (p=0,006) Conclusions: The utilisation of closed footwear by motorcycle bikers can be considered a protective factor against open fractures, and its use should be encouraged and enforced by government agencies.
