NYU Langone Apr 15 2026 The growing use of electric bikes and scooters has caused a surge in brain and spine injuries among urban riders and pedestrians, a new study shows. Led by NYU Langone Health researchers, the study found that these injuries now account for nearly 7 percent of trauma patients admitted into one New York City hospital. Published online April 15 in Neurosurgery , a publication of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the work analyzed 914 patients treated for injuries