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Surface characteristics, equipment height, and the occurrence and severity of playground …


S Laforest, Y Robitaille, D Lesage, D Dorval - Injury Prevention, 2001 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Results—One third of falls (35 %) occurred on a surface exceeding 200 g and
the risk of injury was three times greater than for g level lower than 150 (95%
confidence interval (CI) 1.45 to 6.35). On surfaces having absorption ...
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Risk factors for severe injuries associated with falls from playground equipment.


C Macarthur, X Hu, DE Wesson, PC Parkin - Accident; analysis and prevention, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A case control study design was used to determine the risk factors for severe
injuries associated with falls from playground equipment. Children presenting to
the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto because of falls from playground ...
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A case-control study of risk factors for playground injuries among children in Kingston and …

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DL Mowat, F Wang, W Pickett, RJ Brison - British Medical Journal, 1998 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
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Height and surfacing as risk factors for injury in falls from playground equipment: a case- …

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DJ Chalmers, SW Marshall, JD Langley, MJ … - British Medical Journal, 1996 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Page 1. doi:10.1136/ip.2.2.98 1996;2;98-104 Inj. Prev. Kelly and AF Pickering DJ
Chalmers, SW Marshall, JD Langley, MJ Evans, CR Brunton, AM study. ...
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Injury and frequency of use of playground equipment in public schools and parks in Brisbane …

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JW Nixon, CHC Acton, B Wallis, MF Ballesteros … - British Medical Journal, 2003 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Methods: Injury data on all children injured from playground equipment and
seeking medical attention at the emergency department of either of the two
children's hospitals in the City of Brisbane were obtained for the years ...
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Severity of playground fractures: play equipment versus standing height falls


D Fiissel, G Pattison, A Howard - Injury Prevention, 2005 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Methods: This case control study used data on all children presenting to the
Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) from 1995 to 2002 with a fracture due to a
playground fall. Cases were children who fell from a height off playground ...
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Out on a limb: risk factors for arm fracture in playground equipment falls


S Sherker, J Ozanne-Smith, G Rechnitzer, R … - Injury Prevention, 2005 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Objectives: To investigate and quantify fall height, surface depth, and surface
impact attenuation as risk factors for arm fracture in children who fall from
playground equipment. ... Setting: Five case hospitals and 78 randomly ...
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Development of a multidisciplinary method to determine risk factors for arm fracture in falls …


S Sherker, J Ozanne-Smith, G Rechnitzer, R … - Injury Prevention, 2003 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Rationale: Previous playground injury research has been limited in its ability
to determine risk factors for arm fractures, despite their common and costly
occurrence. Biomechanical studies have focused exclusively on head injury. ...
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Patterns of injuries to children on public playgrounds.

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A Mott, R Evans, K Rolfe, D Potter, KW Kemp, … - Archives of disease in childhood, 1994 - fetalneonatal.com
Page 1. doi:10.1136/adc.71.4.328 1994;71;328-330 Arch. Dis. Child. A Mott, R
Evans, K Rolfe, D Potter, KW Kemp and JR Sibert playgrounds. ...
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Playground injuries to children

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C Norton, J Nixon, JR Sibert - British Medical Journal, 2004 - adc.bmj.com
P lay for children has never been more important, particularly as we now know
how vital exercise is in promoting health and preventing obe- sity, both in
childhood and also into adult life. Play is also important in establishing ...
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