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Rodeo
Injuries Jason W. Stoneback, MD
Director, Orthopedic Trauma and Fracture Surgery Service
University of Colorado Hospital
1st Annual International Extreme Sports Medicine Conference
Boulder, CO
June 13-14, 2014
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Disclosures • Speakers Bureau-Synthes
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It’s a rodeo world
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Rodeo Events
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‘Two ends’ of the arena
Timed Events
• Team Roping
• Calf roping
• Steer Wrestling
• Barrel Racing
Roughstock
• Saddle Bronc
Riding
• Bareback Riding
• Bull Riding
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Bullfighters…a special
breed
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17 y/o Bullfighter
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Extra Fixation
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Injury Prevalence
Meyers et al., Injuries in Intercollegiate Rodeo Athletes. AJSM 1990
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July 30, 1989 Cheyenne , WY
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1990’s - Safety
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Justin Sports Medicine
Team • Better tracking data/injury prevention
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• Rodeo Catastrophic Injury Registry (RCIR)
• Established 2007 (retrospective 1989)
• Thoracic Compression – most common fatal
mechanism
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Fatal and Catastrophic Injuries
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Bareback Bronc Riding
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Bareback Riggin’
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Bareback Riding Injuries
• Ulnar hypertrophy
• Elbow injuries
– UCL reconstructions
– Elbow hyper-
extension/dislocatio
n injuries
• Chronic wrist/elbow
x-ray findings
Meyers et al., Radiographic Findings of the Upper Extremity in
Collegiate Rodeo Athletes. ACSM-MSSE 2003
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“Getting Hung Up”
• Bareback Riding
• Trampled/stepped on/wrist injuries/shoulder dislocations
• Use your friendly Pickup Man!
• Get off “into your hand”
• “Keep your feet”
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“Getting Hung Up”
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“Getting Hung Up….The
Right Way”
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Team Roping • “Header”
• “Heeler”
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Team Roping-The Dally • Finger/thumb amputations
– “Dropping a coil”
– “Thumb up”
– Rubber on horn
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Morgan et al., Rodeo Roping Thumb Injuries. J Hand Surg 1983
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Case courtesy Kyros Ipaktchi, MD
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