Do Trampoline Injuries Result in More Hospital Intervention Compared to Other Mechanisms of Injury?
Ortop Traumatol Rehabil
; 21(1): 41-44, 2019 Feb 28.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A significant proportion of emergency department (ED) presentations are related to trampoline injuries. The aims of this study were to assess whether presentations to the ED as a result of a trampoline injury have an increased incidence of requiring intervention as opposed to other mechanisms of injury in children under 9 years old. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Retrospective observational assessment of ED presentations of children under 9 years old recorded in the European Injuries Database (EU IDB) in 2014.RESULTS:
Of a total of 28135 ED presentations, 4.4% (n=1257) were as a direct result of trampoline injuries. 38.6% (n=486) of these patients required further intervention (inpatient treatment/outpatient treatment/transfer to another facility) compared to other injury mechanisms such as sport (43.8%; 992/2263), falls from a height (28.3%; 5756/20363), park injuries (42.5%; 641/1507) and road traffic accidents (RTAs) (40.9%; 1124/2745). There was no statistically significant difference between trampoline injuries (38.6%) and road traffic accidents (40.9%), in terms of requiring further intervention (Fisher's exact test p=0.18).CONCLUSION:
Injuries from trampolines, although a small proportion of all injuries recorded, have a similar incidence of requiring intervention when compared to other, major, modes of injury such as RTAs in this age group - this information has implications for current public health policy and parental approval of this activity.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Jogos e Brinquedos
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Ferimentos e Lesões
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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ortop Traumatol Rehabil
Assunto da revista:
ORTOPEDIA
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REABILITACAO
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article