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Safety on Bicycles, Skateboards, Scooters, and Skates

Alex Okun
Pediatrics in Review October 2008, 29 (10) 366-367; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.29-10-366
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  1. Alex Okun, MD
  1. Children's Hospital at Montefiore
    Bronx, NY

Helmets for Preventing Head and Facial Injuries in Bicyclists. Thompson DC, Rivara FP, Thompson R. Cochrane Database Syst Rev.1999;4 :CD001855OpenUrlInjury-control Recommendations: Bicycle Helmets. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep.1995;44 (RR-1)Bicycle Helmet Legislation for the Uptake of Helmet Use and Prevention of Head Injuries. Macpherson A, Spinks A. Cochrane Database Syst Rev.2007;2 :CD005401OpenUrlPubMedIn-line Skating Injuries in Children and Adolescents. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention and Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness. Pediatrics.1998;101 :720– 722OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full TextSkateboard and Scooter Injuries. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Pediatrics.2002;109 :542– 543OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

Pediatricians should counsel families on ways their children can avoid injury on bikes, scooters, skateboards, and skates. Although some recommendations are based more on common sense than on evidence, the protective effects of helmet use for bicycle riders are uncontested. Each year in the United States, approximately 500,000 people of all ages are treated in emergency departments (EDs) for injuries related to bicycle riding. About 6% of these visits, 30,000 per year, lead to hospitalization, and close to 1,000 of the injuries are fatal. Facial injury, bony fractures, blunt abdominal trauma, abrasions, and lacerations account for most of the injuries. Although head injuries are involved in …

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