Playground Equipment Falls

Severity of playground fractures: play equipment versus standing height falls.

AIM To compare the severity of fractures from playground equipment falls to the severity of fractures from standing height falls occurring on the playground. 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 equipm...

Playground equipment and accidents.

METHODOLOGIC ISSUES Out on a limb: risk factors for arm fracture in playground equipment falls

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. Design: Unmatched case control study. Setting: Five case hospitals and 78 randomly selected control schools. Participants: Children aged less than 13 years in Victoria, Australia who fell from school playground equipm...

Out on a limb: risk factors for arm fracture in playground equipment falls.

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. DESIGN Unmatched case control study. SETTING Five case hospitals and 78 randomly selected control schools. PARTICIPANTS Children aged less than 13 years in Victoria, Australia who fell from school playground equi...

An intervention to reduce playground equipment hazards.

OBJECTIVES A community intervention trial was carried out to evaluate the relative effectiveness of two methods of reducing playground hazards in schools. The study hypotheses were: (1) a health promotion programme addressing barriers to implementing the New Zealand Playground Safety Standard will reduce playground hazards and (2) the intervention programme will be more successful than providin...